RatsoreA - mate the candidate's history is irellevant - but in this case they ran out of money and had a 12-month break from flying during their NVFR training.
Re: climbing enroute - you look at the ERC and tell me how you are going to depart Scone for Tamworth Night VFR "while climbing to LSALT enroute"
...oh and show me the bit in Jepps that says you can go beyond 3nm at less than LSALT? I'll give you a head start and refer you to page AU-807 para 3.6.11
