Bankstownboy,
I would suggest tongue in cheek that you consider this part of your training...
You ask if "anyone else has experienced the same kinda fart arsing around that CASA seem to be good at?"
I would hazard a guess that there's not a pilot anywhere in this country that has not been adversely affected at some point by CASA's horsesh!t. This extends to owners, operators, engineers, indeed anyone who's got anything to do with the game.
The only people who get anything (except irritation and inflated costs) out of CASA, in my experiece, are CASA.
CR. (three deep breaths now old mate).