The second or maybe third longest task called and made in a
competition in Australia.

The task was not 318.8 km (as indicated by SeeYou which doesn't
not optimize the task) but 308 km as determined by FS, which does.

Peter Bolton <<pbolt>>
writes:

I guess I won't be the only one to point out that, although the
318km task at Forbes was a great achievement, it wasn't the longest comp goal
ever made in Aus. In 2009 at the Dalby "Big Air" comp, several pilots made the
338km goal - including Curt Warren. See
http://www.warrenwindsports.com.au/blog/curt-warren/competitions/dalby-big-air-comp-338-km-task.html.
At Dalby, they were disappointed to find out soon afterwards that they'd missed
the world record by about 10km.!

Last year, a few pilots including Guy Hubbard and Len Paton flew to Hay goal
from Forbes (not sure of exact distance) and continued to make over 400km -
landing near Balranald NSW at sunset.

BTW, this was reported earlier in the Oz Report as was the 346
kilometers task in Big Spring.