Hi Michelle... I was asking this same question just the other day. Here's what the school gave me.

Compulsory prep doesn't start until 2007. Some schools are trialling it, but it would be up to you to get your child into it. If that was the case, you'd have to start her next year.

Otherwise, according to Ed Qld, she would go to preschool next year and be eligible for Year 1 in 2007.

But it would be your choice... if you want to send her to Prep in 2007 you could (when compulsory Prep starts). That would just mean that she didn't start Grade 1 until 2008. But that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing, because other kids eligible for Yr 1 in 2008 are born 1 January 2002 to 30 June 2002.

Hope that helps.