There's a footnote missing from step 5, which is wait in a line the length of Wilson Hall 
I also encourage people to buy union memberships, the union do a lot of stuff that's very important for you, as a student, so support them for it.
I didn't have to wait in a line though... I was the only one there and it was 2 days after AAD. Maybe everyone had done theirs by then?
Perhaps I was lucky.

And I heard this year it's not in Wilson Hall since they're fixing the roof.
Don't the new students get a one-on-one appointment at the earth sciences building? You get your subjects put through and a whole folder of forms that you take to Wilson Hall and get your ID/diary/Myki/Metcard concession. I think you get to find out when the appointment is on AAD.
In my year, you had to make an appointment only if you had a valid reason.