My Advice for what it is worth,
I'm from Aussie also and my other from NZ so was over there with her and did my training in NZ. So I after finishing training with a MEIR/CPL and then did my own thing for a while.
Then I was told by a friend that the UK was hiring and came over coverted to a JAA Frozen ATPL.
Saved a packet by time finished I was debt free by doing that way.
I never intended to end up in the UK
And i started about your age.
GOOD LUCK.