AR only have very limited coverage as it is. Wollongong based AAP have lost their teir 1 SAR contract as part of the transition to AR. All of their SAR eqiup (liferafts, water pumps, flares etc.) has been taken away.
As a result, if AR A/C are unserviceable or busy elsewhere, I believe there are no longer any fixed wing SAR aircraft to cover the NSW coast. I hope any problems they have are sorted out before this years Sydney to Hobart.