AFAIK My school may be the first in Australia to run it.

We have about 30 odd people doing it, about 10 have dropped out.

The work is a lot more, but generally of less difficulty than the QSA (Queensland Studies Authority) course.

Over the holidays, they have had a lot of work to do, reading and journals etc.

Main reason for getting an IB would be to go to University in another country. If a student from my school wanted to go over to america to study, and said he had an OP 1 (overall position), they would ummm and ahhh as they have no idea what that means. Then you say its the same as a 45 in the IB and they accept you.

A high IB ranking will help you a lot in getting into University, but in terms of workload, its just more work. Not that much harder. I still wouldnt want to be a C student going into it though.

Hope that helps.