outlandishoutlanding: does this mean that if I wear the hood at night, on a cross country, that time can be logged as NVFR dual cross country, and dual instrument flight time?
I don't know about CASA land but in CAA NZ land you cannot double dip.
In other words if you need to count the time towards a licence or rating it can only be counted towards one thing. In this case either the flight time requirements for a NVFR rating or towards the IF flight time requirements not both.
It seems to me that by reading another of your posts you seem to be keen on cutting corners, not a good trait for someone looking for a career in aviation.