I travelled from Sydney to Kununurra for my first full time flying job. yep, still in Australia but about 5000km away by road. I had to wait around for 4 months to get a start there. I washed aeroplanes etc to pay for the beer in the mean time.
It was worth it. After I started flying I realised pretty quickly that I was flying over some of the world's most spectacular scenery.
hard yakka, lots of risk but if you want the reward, you have to take that risk.