Sunfish,
Do not feel bad, it gets better.
After having completed the process you speak of above, a week or two after submitting said application i received a phone call from a lovely and very helpful lady from the Merimbula Office for CASA ASIC cards.
She very politely and sheepishly asking if i could fax or email a copy of my pilots licence to them so they could confirm i am a pilot, so i said " Sure, CASA wants me to send a copy of my CASA issued flight crew licence to them ( CASA ) to confirm that i do infact hold a CASA issued flight crew licence ", it just amazes me the new and creative paperwork functions one is challenged with daily, safer skies indeed.