rotorchick - low level endorsement
I did my training in NZ aswell and with regards to the low level endorsement (yes there is one, if its not an actual endorsement it might aswell be) you must show 5 hours of low level training (quick stops count and a few other things like that) in your logbook (i dont think it maters if dual or solo) and find an australian instructor that you have flown with who will sign you off as low level proficient. They then write in your logbook and send a form off to the lovely people at CASA who send you out a new licence that has "low level training completed" listed under endorsements. I tried every possible way to get around it including showing them a check list from my flight test that had low level ticked off but it wasnt enough.