VH-XXX seems to have pointed to CASA's view of the convoluted words in the current regs.
Actually DJP, I was just editing that post and deleted it by accident. I was incorrect, the VFG does not suggest 3,000 ft for stalls, but talks about Acrobatic flight. Where we always "land" on this issue, is that a stall can quickly become "acrobatic" flight and for acrobatic flight we must be at 3,000 ft (unless exempted) so therefore, you are in theory legally tempting fate by conducting stalls below 3,000 ft AGL.
Acrobatic Flight (CAR 155)
An aircraft:
For the purposes of the avove, straight and steady stalls or turns in which the angle of bank does not exceed 60 degrees shall be deemed NOT to be acrobatic flight.
Except with the permission in writing of CASA, a person shall not engage in actobatic flight in an aircraft:
- At a height lower than 3,000 ft above the higest point of terrain or any obstacle thereon, within a radius of 600m of a line extending vertically below the aircraft.