Haha, thanks guys! I was very pleasantly surprised. I entered the ACT competition, there's a provision for Tassie guys to enter through their comp. Billy from Canberra Brewers was very helpful in getting me all set for it. I'd love to get a bunch of us entering next year and down the track, get enough of us qualified as BJCP judges to sort ourselves out.
Someone commented on my blog that it wasn't actually the first Tassie medal in the AABC, there was a silver in 1995, 1996 and a bronze in 2003. I reckon that between us we can add to that over the next few years.