Cross the Ditch 28 Promotional Media
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Cross the Ditch 28: Brisbane Waves
Brisbane Waves
Mid-year is mid-winter down under, and people are on the move.
Kiwis are looking to escape the cold of encroaching winter by travelling to Queensland, its state capital Brisbane, and the relative warmth of the beaches of the nearby Sunshine and Gold Coasts.
For their Australian cousins, the magic of New Zealand's mountains and winter pastimes is but a three hour flight away.
As always, on VATSIM this June it's all happening in Australasia, with Cross the Ditch 28: Brisbane Waves.
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Airport Focus: Brisbane, Australia
Cross the Ditch is excited to announce Brisbane, Australia will be hosting the next City Waves event.
Brisbane is the Queensland state capital, and one of Australasia's fastest growing regions. A sporting and cultural centre, it is also home to the world's most famous family of blue heelers. Brisbane International Airport (YBBN) has recently completed a major extension that added a new parallel runway (01L/19R) and significantly boosted its overall capacity.
Cross the Ditch 28 will connect Brisbane (YBBN) to New Zealand's three largest cities: spending the morning in Christchurch (NZCH), the afternoon in Wellington (NZWN), and the evening in ever-popular Auckland (NZAA).
The Wave Schedule will allow enterprising pilots to complete at least four sectors over the course of the day. Whether you fly only one wave or make a day of it, Cross the Ditch 28 will show you why traversing the Tasman is always such a great virtual aviation event.
What's it all about?
For eighteen 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 eighteen hour event is timed to allow pilots from all over the world to join the fun:
- UTC: Saturday 14th June 2025 18:00 - Sunday 15th June 2025 12:00
- AEST: Sunday 15th June 2025 04:00 - Sunday 15th June 2025 22:00
- NZST: Sunday 15th June 2025 06:00 - Monday 16th June 2025 00:00
Waves
This season's event is organised in waves. Each airport will have a two-and-a-half-to-three-and-a-half hour departure window, during which time flights will be able to leave for the next destination. As the window closes, the departure window will open at the next destination.
Given each of the flights is 3 - 4hrs in length, the previous wave's flights will be arriving at the same airport as the next wave departs, maximising the amount of traffic at each airport.
NOTE: in order to ensure that you have ATC coverage throughout your flight, you MUST fly the wave route that is active at the time of your departure.
The individual routes are designed to ensure as much opposing traffic enroute as possible.
Each flight passes from one Oceania division to the other, and the result is six mini-flyins over the course of twenty hours!
The Waves for Cross the Ditch 28: Brisbane Waves are:
| Wave | Flight | Departure Window | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | AEST | NZST | ||
| 1 | Christchurch, New Zealand (NZCH) to Brisbane, Australia (YBBN) |
1800-2100 | 0400-0700 | 0600-0900 |
| 2 | Brisbane, Australia (YBBN) to Wellington, New Zealand (NZWN) |
2100-0030 | 0700-1030 | 0900-1230 |
| 3 | Wellington, New Zealand (NZWN) to Brisbane, Australia (YBBN) |
0030-0330 | 1030-1330 | 1230-1530 |
| 4 | Brisbane, Australia (YBBN) to Auckland, New Zealand (NZAA) |
0330-0700 | 1330-1700 | 1530-1900 |
| 5 | Auckland, New Zealand (NZAA) to Brisbane, Australia (YBBN) |
0530-0800 | 1530-1800 | 1730-2000 |
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.
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[url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025][img]https://crosstheditch.net/_static/events/crosstheditch/winter2025/ctd28_1280x720.jpg[/img][/url] [size=200][url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025]Cross the Ditch 28: Brisbane Waves[/url][/size]Mid-year is mid-winter down under, and people are on the move.
Kiwis are looking to escape the cold of encroaching winter by travelling to Queensland, its state capital Brisbane, and the relative warmth of the beaches of the nearby Sunshine and Gold Coasts.
For their Australian cousins, the magic of New Zealand's mountains and winter pastimes is but a three hour flight away.
As always, on VATSIM this June it's all happening in Australasia, with Cross the Ditch 28: Brisbane Waves.
[list] [*][url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025]Check out the details at the official [b]Cross the Ditch website[/b][/url] [*][url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025/atc_applications]Apply to [b]provide ATC[/b][/url] [*][url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025/book_flight][b]Book your Flights[/b] now![/url] [*][url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025/event_schedule]View the [b]Full Event Schedule[/b][/url] [*][url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025/virtual_airlines]Check out the [b]Virtual Airline Leaderboard[/b][/url] [*][url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025/scenery]Grab the recommended [b]add-on scenery[/b] for each of the event airports[/url] [*][url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025/media]Get the official promotional material and [b]promote Cross the Ditch[/b] within your community/organisation/contact list![/url][/list] [size=150]What's it all about?[/size] For eighteen hours this June, the skies over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand will be filled with aircraft all on a mission to [i]Cross the Ditch[/i]. An example of that typical down-under understatement, this "ditch" is over 1100nm wide. The flight routes all range from three to five hours flight time. Throughout the event, Oceania's two divisions - VATNZ and VATPAC - will be providing full 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, [url=https://crosstheditch.net/oceanicreport]our reporting tool[/url] makes taking part a breeze. [size=150]Event Times[/size] This[b] eighteen hour event[/b] is timed to allow pilots from all over the world join the fun: [list] [*]UTC: Saturday 14th June 2025 18:00 - Sunday 15th June 2025 12:00 [*]AEST: Sunday 15th June 2025 04:00 - Sunday 15th June 2025 22:00 [*]NZST: Sunday 15th June 2025 06:00 - Monday 16th June 2025 00:00[/list] [size=150]Waves[/size] This season's event is organised in waves. Each airport will have a two-and-a-half-to-three-and-a-half hour departure window, during which time flights will be able to leave for the next destination. As the window closes, the departure window will open at the next destination. Given each of the flights is 3 - 4hrs in length, the previous wave's flights will be arriving at the same airport as the next wave departs, maximising the amount of traffic at each airport. [b]NOTE: in order to ensure that you have ATC coverage throughout your flight, you MUST fly the wave route that is active at the time of your departure.[/b] The individual routes are designed to ensure as much opposing traffic enroute as possible. Each flight passes from one Oceania division to the other, and the result is six mini-flyins over the course of twenty hours! [b]The Wave Route and Departure Windows for Cross the Ditch 28: Brisbane Waves are:[/b] [list] [*][b]1[/b] : 1800-2100z : Christchurch, New Zealand (NZCH) to Brisbane, Australia (YBBN) [*][b]2[/b] : 2100-0030z : Brisbane, Australia (YBBN) to Wellington, New Zealand (NZWN) [*][b]3[/b] : 0030-0330z : Wellington, New Zealand (NZWN) to Brisbane, Australia (YBBN) [*][b]4[/b] : 0330-0700z : Brisbane, Australia (YBBN) to Auckland, New Zealand (NZAA) [*][b]5[/b] : 0530-0800z : Auckland, New Zealand (NZAA) to Brisbane, Australia (YBBN) [/list] [img]https://crosstheditch.net/_static/events/crosstheditch/winter2025/ctd28_map.jpg[/img] [size=150]Calling all Pilots and Controllers[/size] Flight plans are available from the [url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025/flight_plans]Flight Plans section[/url]. Book your flights now from the [url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025/flight_bookings]Flight Bookings page[/url]. 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 [url=https://crosstheditch.net/winter2025/atc_applications]ATC Applications page[/url]. [b]Cross the Ditch is brought to you by VATNZ and VATPAC.[/b]