Thanks for all your replys.
Some very useful points. The course i was looking at was based at AWA as in my post above. It's a CPL/IR MEC with frozen ATPL this is an Australian licence obviously.
What do you reckon is worth doing and converting - if anything at all? If it's just a matter of cost a few thousand £'s isn't a big deal in the grand scheme of things.
My only problem with going to a small flight school is i'll be going all the way from the UK and although i know people out there they're unlikely to be where i'm based so there's a potential for not really meeting many people in a smaller school.
I dont have Australian citizenship no, but could try and marry someone...
Another option is to do my CPL/IR etc leave the ATPL and come back to the UK convert and do my ATPL APP FO training at Oxford Aviation. Bad or good idea?
And if anyone's wondering why i dont just do the whole lot in the UK from scratch, aside from cost, i'd just prefer to do my flying somewhere i can appreciate it a bit more. Having done a little bit when i was younger the english weather really got on my nerves.
Sorry for the long post, i hope someone can help me!
Jimmy