There is nothing wrong with the Lane of Entry as it is, easy enough to get up and down it with using old fashioned pilotage, you know, flying an accurate heading, using your chart to maintain your track. Get back to basics...its simple enough.
350 degapprox to Parramatta. Then 025 deg to pick up the strobe at the Carlinford shops, identify the Sanitaruim hospital off to your right and make sure you stay west of it to stay out of the CTA. Soon enough you will be able to see Hornsby and thereafter the Hawksbury river that you head for.
Comming back is even easier, from Brooklyn Bridge its 210 deg all the way to Prospect, hell you can even see it from BBG on a clear day. Just make sure you stay to the east of the electrical substation that will be just right of your track before Round Corner.
What can be easier. Instead of whining about how hard it is, just get back to basics, once you can navigate visually its easy peasy.
As far as radio use is concerned. the training area gets equally busy, should you announce yourself every location, or 30 secs, or HDG/ALT change?? of course not, and thats in an area of random manouvering. The lane is an orderly flow of same direction traffic. I do however agree with 2000' for Northbound traffic and 2,500' for Southbound.
One are where the radio should be used is at Hoxton Park, today I followed another wally around the circuit for 35 mins without a peep from him, finally he says hes' full stopping. More brilliant airmanship.