Kangaroo Kang
So, despite being a bit wary, applied through the Kangaroos team and was pleasantly surprised.
Sent in the application for 2 x ETA's today (a Public Holiday) and got 1 of them approved and replied within 2 hours. The one approved directly was also verified on the Australia Immigration website.
Within the same email I was informed that the other one had a 'pending' status but that I would be informed of the status again within 24 hours. To my pleasant surprise I was updated within the hour that this was now approved. I'm given to understand that I cannot verify online for those that are first on 'Pending' and approved later, but with an e-copy of what looks like an approval note, I'm much relieved - fingers crossed that I won't get rejected from checking in
All in, very fast, and very simple - just need to read the instructions and send them in. Will defo use them again if I travel to Aussie!
Thanks team Kangaroos!