If i'm honest I have not really looked that hard to find any students or anyone that could help me for that matter other than the class i'm joining. I think it would be so much better to have someone in the know to bounce words off of. Really get into the thick of it.
We also have alot of koreans and filipinos down this way. I have seen the odd Japanese person about but never really strolled up and asked them to teach me there language. More likely to be third generation and tell me to "bugger off mate!"