Australia: The best places to fly… & add ons and updates for Australia

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Hello @eightbitdad2794, I don’t have discord and infact don’t really know much about it…. I am a bit behind in the technology there….

I am keen to see the bush trips though and have a chat on here.

I am in and out of the forum as I am very busy in my normal job. But. I must say that the content you and others have delivered has been amazing and I am super impressed and happy to support you in any way I can.

I really cannot wait to see what is delivered by Microsoft next week. I recon it will absolutely be next level and everyone will be blown away by it.

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Here’s the first half of the flight plan for Tasmania:

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I wanted to get a variety of landscapes (mountains, plains and so on) in the front half, focused on getting the best bang for my buck. Knowing little about Tasmania, I googled photos to get a better idea of what the areas looked like. This was the end result.

I’ll tweak it a little bit once I do the actual test flight to make sure everything is fine, but apart from that, this is what the finished product will resemble (for the most part).

Here’s the back half:

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Same process as above. I included Flinders because it’s just too nice to ignore, so I thought I’d make that the last stop for this bush trip.

On to the Gold Coast:

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I’ll be splitting this into 2 smaller trips with 4 stops each. As soon as Tasmania is done, I’ll release the Gold Coast next.

I’ve got 2 more areas of Australia I’d like to hit after, but those are a bit further behind in terms of development.

Let me know what you think!

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As someone who has extensively flown across Western Australia, I really hope they add grain silo models and detection - they’re a massive navigational aid across the wheat belt.
And the main thing I’m looking forward to is water masking in the north west, and Great Barrier Reef!
And proper trees please!

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Great comment there. Didn’t think of the grain silos. Lots of country towns have huge silos along the railway lines. Massive vote here!

https://grains.graincorp.com.au/locations/

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I don’t hold hope for the GBR, too much masking. However i’d like to be wrong…

Get Bijan’s 4 season tree pack, it greatly enhances Australia.

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I hope Towsnville and Cairns get some love in this update. I fly regularly as a good practice route for new planes between Cairns and Townsville.

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I think the we love VFR mod by puffin should hopefully add that. I think part 3 covers Australia and the aim for release was the new world update.

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I’ll give that route a try. Good idea!

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@KBtheNomad HI, I searched Maps on start bar but nothing came up and im on win 11.

Can you point me to where the download is for this?

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Yes I flew that route and really enjoyed the landscapes.

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Townsville or Cairns to Hamilton Island is good. Water at both ends of runway on Hamilton.

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@MEWSIK - just go into the Microsoft Store within Windows 11 and search for “Windows Maps” - it’ll be the first available download. Just download and install it, then it’ll appear in your programs list in Win 11 as “Maps”.

Once you run Maps, you’ll need to change the map type from “Roads” to “Aerial” to see the photo maps. Zoom in to Sydney (for example) and hold your right mouse button to change the view angle to see everything in 3D.

Hope that helps.
KB

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They are almost certain to be done in 3D Photogrammetry given the maps update.
I also have a little source but not confirmed, that YBCS could be one of the hand made airports in the update.

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With the photogram there it would make sense to do Cairns airport.

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I haven’t done any modelling in this version of the sim yet, but I can imagine that mapping all the grin silos in Victoria might be quite fun, especially as a kind simmer has modeled at least two types of silo already.
Yes, grain silos and weighbridges, what a combination.

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I had a look at the new maps app for windows and if the update looks as nice as that i think i will be one happy aussie simmer. Castle Hill in Townsville looks so nice compared to in game now. Fingers crossed.

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hey aussies and aussie lovers, do we know what airports are to come with WU:7 ?

I wish for Gold Coast and Cairns, tbh.

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where do you check if the Bing Maps app is updated in Aussie lands ?

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I guess our fellow aussies asleep right now !

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So if you search in the windows store “maps” or “windows maps” it should show up. Amazing detail it has

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