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It's June and with the easing of travel restrictions, people all across Australasia are dreaming of escaping the cold with trips to the Islands. Facilitating these holidays are the pilots and controllers of VATSIM, connecting Melbourne, Auckland, and Fiji as we once again Cross the Ditch! What's it all about? For twenty hours this June, the skies over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand will be filled with aircraft all on a mission to Cross the Ditch. An example of that typical down-under understatement, this "ditch" is over 1100nm wide. The flight routes all range from two and a half to three and a half hours flight time. Throughout the event, Oceania's two divisions – VATNZ and VATPAC – will be providing full gate-to-gate ATC coverage, in the Southern Hemisphere's premiere oceanic event. This is a great opportunity to experience Oceanic flying without the need to commit to an eight-hour flight! If you're new to Oceanic Flying, our reporting tool makes taking part a breeze. Event Times This twenty hour event is timed to allow pilots from all over the world to join the fun: UTC: Saturday 11th June 2022 18:00 - Sunday 12th June 2022 14:00 AEST: Sunday 12th June 2022 04:00 - Monday 13th June 2022 00:00 NZST: Sunday 12th June 2022 06:00 - Monday 13th June 2022 02:00 Routes This season's event is following a three-airport structure, with an airport in Australia, one in New Zealand, and one in the Pacific Islands - in this case, Nadi in Fiji. Each flight should take roughly two and a half to three and a half hours to complete, allowing pilots time to easily complete multiple sectors. The following is the active ATC available during this event. The Arrival and Departure Slots available on the Flight Booking page will ensure that there is ATC coverage throughout your flight. The Routes for Cross the Ditch 22 - Winter 2022 are: Nadi, Fiji (NFFN) to Auckland, New Zealand (NZAA) Auckland, New Zealand (NZAA) to Melbourne, Australia (YMML) Melbourne, Australia (YMML) to Auckland, New Zealand (NZAA) Auckland, New Zealand (NZAA) to Nadi, Fiji (NFFN) Calling all Pilots and Controllers Flight plans are available from the Flight Plans section. Book your flights now from the Flight Bookings page. Bookings made on this site help us plan for the event, and will also show up in vroute. Controllers wanting to get in on the action can also apply now at the event's ATC Applications page. Cross the Ditch is brought to you by VATPAC and VATNZ

VATPAC invites you to the inaugural edition of VATPAC's newest training based series. Welcome to Training Night! Event Details Designed to teach members of the VATPAC and VATSIM Network on specific procedures, Training Night is open to members of all experiences, backgrounds and knowledge levels. Whether you are looking to gain knowledge about a specific procedure, or wanting to extend a helping hand to members of the community, this event will satisfy your urges. For this edition, we are going to focus on Metro D Operations within VATPAC Airspace. Looking at some key Metro D Airports within the Sydney Basin (Camden and Bankstown) on Saturday the 28th of May from 0800-1200z. While there will be some specific procedures for some of the airfields during this event. This event is designed to teach you the basic building blocks for controlling and flying at all Metro D fields within VATPAC Airspace. Event Briefings In order to assist with understanding the procedures and operations during this event. VATPAC has created a Pilot Briefing & Controller Briefing for all pilots and controllers to review before the event. It is strongly recommended that you review this document to get the most out of this event! You can access both of these briefings below. Controller Briefing Pilot Briefing Note: The Pilot & Controller Briefings will be released on the 25th of May. Routes Routes recommended during this event can be found in the Pilot Briefing above. Controllers Controllers who wish to participate in this event are encouraged to apply via https://events.vatpac.org/. Below is the list of controller positions of which are planned to be rostered during Training Night - Metro D Operations. Controllers are requested to review the controller briefing located above. Air Traffic Service Team Members will be available on the VATPAC Discord to assist you with learning new procedures during the event. You can gain access the VATPAC Discord via https://discord.vatpac.org/. Login Identifier Radio Callsign Frequency ML-BIK_CTR Brisbane Centre 129.800 BN-ARL_CTR Brisbane Centre 130.900 SY_APP Sydney Approach 124.400 SY-S_APP Sydney Approach 129.700 SY_DEP Sydney Departures 123.000 BK_TWR Bankstown Tower 132.800 BK_GND Bankstown Ground 119.900 CN_TWR Camden Tower 121.900 CN_GND Camden Ground 120.100 Scenery YCNK - Cessnock Airport Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D) YSBK - Bankstown Airport Payware - Impulse Simulation (MSFS) Freeware - FlightSim.com (P3Dv4) Freeware - FlightSim.com (FSX)

If there’s one thing we do best, it’s the good old FIFO flight; keeping communities connected and opening up our stunning interior to the world. Explore this beautiful country on the first Friday of every month as we take a tour around our regional airfields. VATPAC invites you to Australia’s famous Pilbara-Kimberley region in WA, famous for its red deserts, extraordinary rock formations and beautiful reefs. With connections to both Perth (YPPH) and Darwin (YPDN), towns in this region play a vital role in keeping WA’s mining and tourism industries rolling. Join us between 0700z-1000z (1700-2000 AEST; 1500-1800 AWST) on the 6th of May 2022! Routes: The below map highlights some of the routes available to fly throughout this region: Some other airports of importance in and around this region include: Solomon (YSOL), West Angelas (YANG), Roy Hill-Ginbata (YGIA), Boolgeeda (YBGD), and Fortescue (YFDF) It is recommended to use the following routes when flying between these airports: YPPH - YPKA YPPH - YPKU PH Y15 VETEL Z55 KA PH AMANA Y31 MANIG Y36 BIDAP T63 ARG J72 KU YPPH - YBRM YPPH - YCPR JET: PH Y31 BRM PH Y15 CULAB POGAV NON-JET: PH Z19 MURCH Y31 BRM YPPH - YPPD YPPH - YCWA PH Y15 ESDEG Y44 BUTON PD PH Y15 ESDEG Y60 HALEM SARIG YPPH - YNWN YPPH - YBRY JET: PH Y31 WONYU V35 NWN PH Y15 ESDEG Y60 GUVNA NON-JET: PH Z19 MURCH Y31 MONYU V35 NWN YPDN - YBRM YPPH - YTST DN HELLI J151 CIN J93 BRM PH Z19 NORIC COPDI Y13 VALRA A339 GUNAM YPDN - YPKU YPPH - YSOL DN HELLI J151 ZAMMI KU PH Y15 ESDEG Y44 REMBO ATC: FIFO Fridays are not rostered. Positions are taken on a first come, first get basis. The recommended positions for the event are listed below: Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: PH_DEL Perth Delivery 118.550 PH_GND Perth Ground 121.700 PH_TWR Perth Tower 127.400 PH_APP Perth Approach 123.600 DN_DEL Darwin Delivery 126.800 DN_GND Darwin Ground 121.800 DN_TWR Darwin Tower 133.100 DN_APP Darwin Approach 134.100 KA_GND Karratha Ground 123.550 KA_TWR Karratha Tower 127.350 BRM_GND Broome Ground 121.700 BRM_TWR Broome Tower 126.000 BN-TRT_CTR Brisbane Centre 133.200 ML-OLW_CTR Melbourne Centre 134.000 ML-PIY_CTR Melbourne Centre 133.900 Please note that since both Broome and Karratha’s towers are procedural, they can only be staffed by members who are S3 or higher, or have completed their Procedural Tower Endorsement. Scenery: YPPH – Perth, WA Payware – MFSG (P3D / FSX) Freeware – AVSIM (P3D / FSX) Payware - Axonos (X-Plane) Payware - Axonos (MSFS) YPDN – Darwin, NT Payware – MFSG (P3D / FSX) Freeware – Ant's Aussie Airports (P3D / FSX) Freeware – WorldWideXP (X-Plane) YBRM – Broome, WA Payware – ORBX (P3D / FSX) Payware - ORBX (X-Plane) YPPD – Port Hedland, WA Freeware – AVSIM (P3D / FSX) YPKA -Karratha, WA Payware - MSFG (P3D/FSX/MSFS) Miscellaneous WA FIFO Airports: Freeware – AVSIM (P3D / FSX) Miscellaneous: Payware – ORBX Australia V2 (P3D / FSX) Payware - ORBX Global (P3D / FSX)