Hi Mckes,
Not sure if anyone has mentioned it already however I saw an ad in this weeks Australian for National Aerospace Training.
I don't endorse their training nor do I know anything about them but their course looked pretty good. Basically you get a MECIR with a C310 and PA31 rating, 30 hours ME ICUS and 30 hours C210 ICUS. The ICUS time is done with Directair up in Darwin, sounds to me like a very good opportunity to get your foot in the door.
I think they have 20% off the course if you do it in October as well