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The fourth leg of this journey takes us about 470 nm further southeast to Melbourne and for this flight I'm bringing along my Cessna C206.

Overview of the trip:
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Getting ready to leave Port Lincoln
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Taking the wind conditions into account, we took off from RW19 and climbed to 5.500 ft which would be our cruising altitude for the whole flight.
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Shortly after take off, turning left to get on course towards Melbourne
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Enjoying the landscape along the way...
Over Coorong
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Little Desert National Park
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Callawadda
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Closer to Melbourne the terrain got a bit more 'hilly'
Grampians National Park
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Over Lexton
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Finally over the last ridges, at about 30 nm northwest of Melbourne.
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Melbourne YMML ahead, and turning downwind for a visual approach to RW34
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Turning base with the city in the background...
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and settled for a smooth approach to RW34
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Taxiing towards the ramp with a view at the main terminal
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and finally arrived at our parking spot near the cargo area.
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Total block to block time: 3 hours 32 minutes



Flown using:
Microsoft Flight simulator X
Carenado Cessna 206
Active Sky 2012 for weather
Scenery: FTX/Orbx AU + YMML

Great pics again, and your journey is progressing nicely

You might want to check out this before your next leg though!

http://www.ufocasebook.com/australianpilot.html

(02-22-2012, 10:52 AM)Gatwicksteve Wrote: [ -> ]Great pics again, and your journey is progressing nicely

You might want to check out this before your next leg though!

http://www.ufocasebook.com/australianpilot.html

Thanks for the tip Steve :-)
I'll be extra carefull

btw, I'll update the tour a bit since I've planned some flights over the Orbx South New Zealand island also.