Jolly good post chaps...keep 'em coming.
I just like looking at the pictures!
A couple that may be of interest: the first is from The Ed Coates Collection, a website I can thoroughly recommend,
VH-SBU
The second is from the same site but of other Sunbird aircraft. The main index for this site also has old photos of various Aussie aircraft (including the VH-SB series taken in the '50's and 60's):
Sunbird Fleet
Just go to the index - it may even have a picture of the aircraft you went solo in. Judging by the age of you old codgers the photos will probably be in Sepia