Just wanted to say thanks for all the helpful tips re maintaining VMC.
I managed to pass my test with Ken last week. It was a crazy test flight as I had no expectation of going, due to weather ( lots of rain, low stratus etc etc ), but Ken reckoned we'd be ok. I flew the first leg to Mittagong but then had to descend to between about 500ft - 1500AGL from then on. I was then given a shed load of diversions basically following the better weather areas ( with a landing a Wollongong ) until I was given my final diversion back to YSBK training area ( for air work etc). It was actually a lot less stressful than I was anticipating, although I'm pleased I spent quite a few flights getting the diversion work cycle nailed in my head.
It was also good for my confidence in that if the weather gets crappy ( this was def the worst I've flown in ) and you make sensible safe decisions ( ignoring the "need to get home factor" ) everything will be ok.