Feel good to get that off your shoulders Bypass ratio?! You made the most of your situation and that's admirable - but the "best thing for your career" sounds like a big call and dependant on ones situation. Less money and a few more years to promotion, but living in Australia is worth it (my opinion)!
If your happy, that's great! And if youre done lifting the weight, lets get back to the subject!
I for one would find the JQ option appealing as opposed to LWOP or, of course, redunancies (little way off yet!).