Robbo,
Congrats on the pass - I got mine on Sunday too! Can't wait for it to come through
(and I arsed up my first PFL too..)
I'm thinking the same as you - a lot of the time while studying and training I've been looking forward to taking pax up with me, to show them what I do and let them see why I love flying and talk about it so much! When my license arrives I wish to do exactly that.
I feel confident enough that on a good weather day a flight around the airfield vicinity with a comfortable passenger would be within my capabilities - although I agree that if weather is poor, or flying in busy airspace or with a less-comfortable passenger I'd want to gather a few more hours first.
Best of luck,
--rob
(PS: BackPacker - searched for the AIC you mentioned on the AIS website and couldn't find it, have you got a link to it?)