ok Kindy in QLD is the year before prep ok so your daughter is aug 09 she would go to kindy 2014 prep in 2015 and grade 1 2016

neither kindy nor prep are compulsary though with prep very few people dont send their kids, where I live we dont have daycare and due to the fact my boys being born sept and oct liek your daughter will be the older kids in the classes I decided to send to kindy Jack starts next year Luke was booked in when he was 4 weeks old

if you think you'll want to send her to kindy then yes book her in as places go very fastno matter where you live, especially if its a proper kindy not just a kindy age class within a daycare centre

yes the fees are high, for example I am looking at approx $600 a term which is based on a 5 day fortnight... in qld C&K seem to be the go along the kindy route...

also with prep and primary etc, depending where you live you may want to look into schools in your distract and find out if you need to put your name down HTH