G'day mate
I'm not in the same experience level as you so I can only tell you what I've heard. You have the hours to start at Cairns but you will have a lot of other pilots the same numbers going for the same jobs the islander experience might help. for a better chance to get a job is to get away from the paradise that’s cairns and try Darwin, Broome, Tas
That’s my uneducated 2 cents but I'm interested in heading off the Africa soon probably late this year early next year. Where do you recommend to start looking for work and what sort of hours are needed over there