Welcome, Phoon. I'm Matt, I run this group and the associated Chewbacca Costuming Resources page: <http://rebellegion.com/chewie>. To the best of my knowledge there are no Wookiees in Australia. The nearest Wookiee is probably Grant or Shawn who both live in California, thousands of miles away. When you finish your suit, you will be the undisputed Wookiee king of Australia, and probably the whole Southern Hemisphere!

Make sure to read through the aforementioned page, and if you have any other questions, feel free to ask me or anyone else on this list. When you get to working on your suit, post pictures here regularly for advice. We can save you a lot of trouble and help you avoid mistakes we made.

Matt Pfingsten