Thanks for all the positive replies guys. Very gratifying.
To the chap who asked how to get into ferry flying - I just lucked into it. I am only a 500-600 hour pilot who happened to be in the right place at the right time. My employer needed to get this aircraft here and I was the guy doing the least for him at the time so I got the gig.
Jim Hazelton is the guy in Australia who is the guru when it comes to ferrying aircraft and may take enthusiastic young pilots along with him on ferry's. There are other ferry organisations in Australia to whom you may want to apply.
And yes, if you can take a LAME or AME with you, grab them with both hands and do not let go of them until the end of the flight. Fortunately the boss, who is also a mechanic and can fix just about anything, was with us on the flight and solved many, many problems which would have had us two dumb pilots still sitting back in Bahrain! I'll overlook the fact he accidentally tried to kill us due fuel starvation into Gladstone.
Lucky the Tri has excellent crossfeed!
Pics to come.
Cheers,
G