PPL Conversion
Unless you intend to get a CPL or you have a specific weight that you need to carry don't even bother with GA. I am in the process of the conversion from RAA to GA only because I need the payload.
The GA world thinks that ultralights are inferior, a number of schools wouldn't even recognise my hours, but the fact is that all the training is now happening in RAA. The aircraft are faster lighter more efficient and cheaper to run. If the RAA had got its act together and got the controlled airspace endorsement validated GA training for PPL's would be over in this country. CASA has its finger in the pie right now trying to stop owner maintenance despite the fact there is not an iota of evidence that owner maintenance has caused an accident. RAA has been ruined by a small percentage that you will find in any human group, but that doesn't reflect on the general membership. The idiots could have been weeded out and training improved if the leadership had been competent.
Be wary of what GA requirements the flying school sets if you convert, cross check them against the CASA requirements.
In part I do agree with Horatio though, I haven't had a problem with flying the aircraft but the procedures and rules are where you will come undone. GA standards in that regard are far more complex. Use the ultralight to master stick and rudder only. (I did have one school who was prepared to do some of my GA sequences (my aircraft) in the ultralight if it had a transponder and calibrated instruments.)
In conclusion remember that its your cash. I have a good friend of mine who flies jets in America and when I told him that we were paying upwards of 250 per hour for a 150 he laughed and said he could hire a 150 wet for $90 per hour. GA is hurting because it is very quickly becoming out of reach for the common man. If I get stuffed around I walk, I refuse to cop s**t when paying through the nose.