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Thanks for the replies folks. Cheers Dex, I'll try get in contact with Ben this week and see can I arrange something, I popped in to Cessnock on my way down to Sydney the weekend but its a little far from where i'm working to be getting down there for a flight. I've only been in the country a month so far but i'm getting withdrawal symptoms ! I'm working in a mine at the moment, involved in drill site prep for future expansion of the mine. A new experience for me but I could definitely see myself getting used to the nice hot days you guys have.

Hi all, (hope this is in the right section) Looking for some help here. I've recently moved to Australia from Ireland, i'm working up in the Hunter Valley area near Muswellbrook. I've got an Irish PPL and hoping to convert it to an Australian one. Can anyone shed any light on where is a good place to carry out the conversion and rent an aircraft at a reasonable rate ? Cheers, Brian.

Thanks for the reply Michael. I really appreciate it ! Its great to get the " inside " information on everything. I plan to take a month of just touring around when I arrive so hopefully i'll get a better feel for it when i'm out there. I had to laugh at that one ! Us Irish give as good as we get ;) There's enough of us out there by now !

Thanks for all the warm welcomes guys :) I've just been having a look on the CASA website to see what is needed to convert my Irish JAR PPL A over and it seems pretty straight forward, air law exam, flight test and the obligatory $140 fee. Can anyone reccomend a good flying club in the Sydney area ? I'm more interested in clubs with people who fly for fun then getting in to a button pushing flight school. The web hasn't got all that much info and anything seems to be more catered towards the professional flight training side of things.

Hi everybody, The name is Brian, i'm from Ireland. I'm moving to Australia at the end of January 2012, I hold an Irish PPL (A) and I plan to do some flying out in Australia when I move out there. Decided to join to hopefully get in contact with some people and to do some research on aviation in Australia. Looking forward to getting to know a few people from here. :)