What is the experience of Australians applying for a Thai Education Visa through the Thai Embassy in Canberra?

My understanding (Canadian who stayed a year on an ed visa in 2020, but I was in Thailand already when Covid closed down everything, and was on the ‘amnesty visa’ but changed to an ed visa in case the amnesty ended suddenly, which was actually recommended by the government, so it was easy to get) is you need to have your ‘schooling’ all set up before you apply. Usually that means you pick a school and get the school to do most of the paper & leg work and arrange the process for you (you can probably legally do it yourself, but navigating Thai immigration on your own if you have no past experience in doing so is not going to be a fun experience with a greater chance of failure.)

You need to have a sponsor for an ed visa to provide the paperwork you need to apply