Update on my post from September 11 regarding our issue as Aussies trying to obtain our Non O/A visa through the Thai embassy in Paris. WELL, after 10days of emails and phone calls backwards and forwards to the Thai Embassy in paris. A couple of 2am calls to our banks in Australia, commonsense has prevailed and today I picked up our passports with our new visas. Thanks for all the constructive comments in the original post.
Now to get back to thailand.