Not a cadet, or ex cadet but been round the block a few times.
Save this thread on your hard drive, then, delete it from this forum, then, read the saved thread and ask yourself do you really want to fly.
Your original post displays an extreme level of naivety. There would be very few pilots in Australia that haven't had to
- Leave Sydney (or whichever city is home)
- go bush or to regional Australia
And even less would have been able to walk into a regional like AN without doing so.
Talk about wanting to start at the top.