I was fourteen years getting a command in Brissy.
I wouldn't move south.
My peers headed off to Sydney from Brisbane for a command in about ten to twelve years.
The blokes in Melbourne were out years before us, because many senior F.Os transferred to Melbouerne to get a command and then got back as soon as a slot became available in Brisbane for them.
Like Dora, I did roughly the same school and endorsement time and was on the line a week under four months from ground school.