Not exclusive to Bankstown, Dick...And here's why:
I worked the cost to do an hour of circuits at Warnervale in my RV-9 with their new costings, earlier this year.
Over $600 an hour!, based on 10 circuits/hour - for an aeroplane
that I own...!
Despite a submission to Council about this, the most they're willing to compromise is a daily "training" rate, for ab-initio ("training") circuits, but for you or me, we pay
for every landing.
It's cheaper to fly from Warnervale to Archerfield, refuel and fly an hour of circuits there and return home than it is to do an hour at my local airstrip.
WTF?