I had my private pilot’s license and was building up to 200 hours for my CPL. My girlfriend at the time organised a trip for me to fly some friends over Lake Peddar, which was just being flooded. I wasn’t keen on crossing Bass Strait in a single so I got my initial multi endorsement in a Partenavia as well as my multi NVFR rating. For the trip I kept the load down to 4 on board, more expensive than fully loading the plane but kept the plane light if I lost an engine and made it safer given my low experience level. It was a great trip. As someone wrote above compared to the Piper Arrows I had been flying the Partenavia felt like an airliner.