[QUOTE=Old Akro;
I might also remind you that only a week or two earlier in nearby Renmark were there also 3 fatalities. Except that there were 2 highly qualified CPL's and a CASA examiner on board.[/QUOTE]
A timely reminder... the aeroplane cares not if you have a RPL, PPL, CPL or ATPL, if you ignore the laws of physics it will quite happily kill you.
The price of safety at any level of licence is the constant exercise of personal responsibility. It's just that sometimes we get our expectations confused with our capabilities and the outcome can be fatal.