Duggie - apols for late reply!
There are some great trips for hour building that will take in some great scenery too. I did one up to Broken Hill / Leigh Creek / Wilpena Pound / Renmark / Robe / Melbourne that was great and pulled in a few hours. Otherwise head north for Bourke then on into Northern QLD. Its a long way and you'll prob be sick of flying by the time you get up there but the scenery is amazing! In terms of cheap hire, from what i can tell most schools / clubs (at least in Melb) are very similar. I'd try and go for something that gets you a better TAS at a good rate such as an Archer which you can get for Warrior rates but is a bit faster. A C182 is good also.
I got the CPL on friday so its decision time now!
Merry Xmas!
