Australia analog TV sunsets this year

[wa2ise]

According to the Australian equivalent of our funny cookie corporation, http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_91834
their over the air analog TV is going away. In 2008, "Prescribed end of Analog Simulcast Period in Metropolitan Areas".

Anyone there in AudioKarma heard how well their transition is going? Do they have converter boxes like the ones here in the USA? Digital reception issues? I know that their analog TV system is PAL, 625i/50, so I suppose that their digital TV will support that rate along with higher definition rates. According to http://www.abc.net.au/reception/digital/definition.htm
their "ABC" (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) is using 720p for hi def.