Changing a large amount of money

[Condi]

Ive got a year in Aus sorted and want to know the best way of getting my £ in $AU. I'll have an aussie bank account before too long and will probably want to change about £4k, so obviously getting the best rate is important. General trend is downwards, so unless any FX experts can see a reason for a change then I need to change as soon as possible. Whats the best way of going about this?

TIA

[maser_spyder]

I move currency around all the time, and use PureFX for this, so can recommend them.

There are others, but I'm a happy customer.

www.purefx.co.uk

[Whoozit]

Alternative recommendation for HiFX, used them several times to send money to Canada and Spain. They usually give me a price within 1-2% of market spot rate - way better than a certain high street bank which had a spread of up to 5% each way.