The route for the GAAR 2010 moves to the beautiful east coast of Australia and follows a course, starting at Melbourne's Essendon Airport down into the South Gippsland region of Victoria, up through the Great Dividing Range, and finishing on Queensland's Gold Coast.

The event starts with a couple of casual Flight Legs down to Phillip Island and across the South Gippsland coast line to ease us into the routine of VFR and VOR / NDB navigation. It then heads north into the Victorian High Country and ski field regions. The weather here can be tricky at the best of times and many a pilot has payed the ultimate price for not flight planning thoroughly or just being outright foolhardy.

Turning eastward, the route drops down to the New South Wales South Coast region continues through the Great Dividing Range south of Canberra and then on to the Southern Highlands region of New South Wales. We then push west across the so called "impenetrable barrier" of the Blue Mountains before heading north into the New England Tablelands. Finally, we head for the glorious Gold Coast where every Victorian goes to retire and every Queenslander leaves because there are so many Victorians.

The Flight Schedule and Reporting Dates for each Flight Leg are detailed in the table below. PIREPs for each Flight Leg must be received by 2359 hrs UTC on the date indicated. Any late PIREPs will result in a "withdrawn" being recorded against the entrant. PIREPs can be submitted in advance of the required Reporting date. All details regarding PIREP submission are under the "PIREPs" link.