"Another hassle with YMEN is needing to travel a distance away from the airport for a lot of the training".
True, the only upside to this I thought was, if for some reason there was a bit of a gap going from GFPT (RPL) to PPL, at least flying out of YMEN might be more variable, but you guys are right, that might come at too high a cost premium.
Thanks for Lethbridge suggestion, to be honest I haven't heard of them so will check out.
We are NorthWest Melbourne, but travel for good quality instruction and environment would I think be worth it, especially if costings are fair.
My not so short list so far is YMEN- Pearson Aviation, YMMB- Peter Bini's or MFT, Kyneton, PAC (Tyabb) and Lilydale. All different, and all with various advantages'
I know every-bodies needs and experiences will be different but it sure would be nice to get off to a good start and give ourselves the best chance possible to tackle it the right way hence the initial research.
Thanks a lot.