Northern Chique, I remember the days when I'd get "excited" about a trip to Tennant. Thinking I was going into the "big smoke".
Wow running water...wow a supermarket!..oh what?..a newsagent

. "Now I'm kicking arse" I'd say to myself.
How sad is that!
Giddy, I don't think remote experience has the value it once had. 500 command in a 152 in the circuit'll get you into Australias largest airline. Why bother with the bush....
I think thats what you are up against.
If QF changed their minimums to align with
VB you'd see some changes and some soiled undies. I say you'll go anywhere if you really want it. But then again I can understand people who have been around the block and are getting a gutful of drinking bore water and swallowing flies.