Just an update on my story, Pepper called me yesterday, took my details and application over the phone. Was approved today, VIN was assigned to my account after the approval email and I then got on Vedas tracking patreon where he sent me this info.
Here is the breakdown. You car was built probably about Jan 18-21. It was packed into container Jan 22. It arrived in Oakland from Fremont Jan 23 13.24 with 3 other SR+. The shipping paperwork was completed on Jan 23. It was loaded on to ship Jan 26 17.11 It departed Oakland on Jan 26 19.18 on Kota Ekspres. This is good with a late load. It means you are higher on the ship - off earlier. The ship is on its way. The ship is currently moored at Long Beach anchorage carrying out resupply, crew rotation and routine maintenance until Feb 9. It will pick up more Teslas at Long Beach at this time. It will then depart for Auckland. It will arrive in Sydney Feb 28 scheduled at 2pm. It will have cleared Botany Bay customs by Mar 2. It will then be transported 58km to Autonexus, Erskine Park, western Sydney for logistics, where it would be placed into a processing queue. The first cars would be clearing the facility 5 days later about Mar 7. The end of the queue could be another week - Mar 14. The main vehicle transporter is Carways - transport is between Mar 8-15. Once it arrives at Tesla Sydney, the cars will then be in a queue again for final detailing and charge. The cars can be there anywhere up to a day to a week depending on the delivery day and time. A delivery date between Mar 8-15 would be a reasonable estimate. If there are any car issues this will add a delay. Pressure is on Tesla to deliver before end of quarter to meet guidance targets. There are quite a few variables.
Pretty amazing the info they can get, it is amazing the rebound from Macquarie wanting nothing to do with me back in Jan to Pepper saying yep and all this info on the same date.
tl:dr Pepper was easy to deal with, Veda provided amazing insight, I am happy again