My recollection is that the full “Approved Course” (UK CAA) was around £25,000 at the time, with the “self-improver” route costing half. GBP-AUD was around 1:3…
In the US, I was paying $25-40/hour, with one offer of $12 dry rate. A US Commercial was believed to cost about half the UK rate.
UK typical quote for a PPL was £2,000, whereas it went as low as $1500 in US. Now I’m seeing $10,000 mentioned.