A keen-eyed reader has written: "The flight plan via Wagga Wagga in my experience would be atypical. More likely stops between Sydney and Menindee would be Orange, Parkes or Dubbo. To travel via Wagga would be a significant southerly deviation. I am well-acquainted with both situations as my sons did their Air Force basic training at Wagga, and I have visited the far west several times - a good friend is now the mayor of the nearby city of Broken Hill."
He's right. Parkes would make far more sense. My apologies.