Castrol,
It depends on what your 3000hrs are and how you sell them, I had 1000hrs of bush flying not NT charter but hard bush flying in a land far away.
I then did a rating with Bill Lane and hung about for a couple of weeks to gain 20hrs extra. I then went back to help Bill out the next year for a few weeks until I had scrapped 100hrs on floats.
Then got employed on the Beaver in Oz and the rest is history. You have to sell your hours you have if they are relevant, obviously if they are instructing or scenic bashing it might be a bit harder.
But if you want it enough you will get in.