Eduardo
Do you keep your aircraft at the airport near Laemchabang? There is an Australian ex-PanAm pilot who lives in phuket. He owns a Merlin III and flies to Australia regularly? Do you know him? PM me and I'll send you his contact details.
JetA1 is possibly easier than AVGAS because the tourist choppers and Royal Flying Doctor use JetA1.
Basically, you need ASIC for any airport with RPT. Broome. Alice Springs, Bankstown, Adelaide etc. Without one the security guys just come and escort you off the airport. In places like Adelaide, this still happens even if you do have an ASIC. I'm not sure I'd bother. There are stories of initial issue taking many weeks also. I'm not sure if you will have trouble applying with a non Australian address. Once again PM me and there might be some suggestions.
I think I have read some posts from you that indicate you do your own paperwork. I'm planning on flying up in our Seneca in a couple of months. I was told White Rose are good, but my Phuket mate uses Flightworx.
It looks like my Australian Jepp subscription includes SE Asia now. Have a look. You might have most of what you need. Bankstown requires a bit of local knowledge. Even IFR it helps to have the VFR flight guide or VTC.
Bankstown is a very unreliable place to get a cab and it has no hire car. I'd lean on your prop guys to help. In fact, are you really sure you want to take it there?
You will arrive Australia late autumn / early winter. The weather is pretty stable then. The wet season build-ups will be gone from the North and while the south may have cloud, there is unlikely to be any difficult weather - especially by Thai standards. I flew back on a Thai 777 from BKK last night. It was a rough climb out. I believe its still raining heavily in Pattaya.
The places I would put on your list are:
Arakaroola (fly into the sealed strip at Balcanoona and get the hotel to pick you up)
Coober Pedy (stay at Lookout Cave or Underground Motel, eat at Tom & Mary's)
Kangaroo Island
Mildura (stay at Grand Hotel - eat at Stefano's)
Fly into Ayres rock, but don't stay there. In fact, I'd think about flying into Alice, then hiring a car and seeing Kings Canyon as well. Consider staying at Curtin Springs Homestead.
Maybe Ceduna
Life will be easier with a Mobil carnet, BP carnet and Aero refuellers carnet. The Shell carnet no longer operates, but most shell or ex shell locations have credit card swipe bowsers. You can download maps of bowser locations from each of the above.
The airlines use Woomera as a fuel alternate. Its very difficult to actually land there now, but it has JetA1, so its a useful point to reset fuel reserves. If you want to sightsee around Lake Eyre, Woomera would be a good base. Its difficult to get in there, but might be worth an email.
I will probably be back to Thailand 3 times between now and your trip. I split my time between BKK (ThongLo) and Laemchabang / Rayong (Hemeraj)(staying at Pattaya). PM me if I can bring anything up for you.
Last edited by Old Akro; 16th Sep 2012 at 08:04.