Hello there,
I have recently been for my first 1hr flight in a microlight and absolutely loved it. The reason I thought about doing this is because I love to fish and a person I follow on YouTube has a trike and lands on remote beaches to fish. When I was talking to the pilot on my into flight he asked me how I thought about doing it and I told him about the guy who lands on the beaches to fish. He then proceeded to tell me that it’s illegal to land on any beach in Australia. I believe what he has told me but I’ve tried to find exact legislation that says this. In one of the videos I watched of the guy who flies his trike he lands on a beach and there he meets 5 other people who flew in. Four of them were light aircraft and one other trike. They were all meeting to have breakfast.
I was reading an online article, “https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-08/aviations-saving-grace-the-rise-of-bush-pilots/12483726” where the person being interviewed said,
"It's not uncommon for a group of us to go and fly to Crab Claw Island for breakfast," Ms Parker said and "The rules are that the pilot needs to make the decision about where and how they land, so it's always left to the pilot," he said.
Ive tried to Google it and search for it in forums etc but can’t find the information. I just don’t understand if it’s illegal why are people posting it all over the internet and giving interviews to local papers etc?
Im located in far North Queensland. I could understand if you were trying to land on a Gold Coast beach or similar. Talking about secluded and isolated beaches.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards
Nick