Ferchrisake, I was feeling for you until the last line... Don't take low pay! That's the best way to ensure you've got no friends in the industry.
Now, forgetting that you opined that horrible option my suggestion would be to:
A) try again out bush but be methodical (Make database of operators and their info)
B) look to skydiving clubs. If it is truly a club in which nobody is making money then go ahead and volunteer. If it is a profit making business then pilots should get a wage (if not report the scum to the government)
C) never waste flying money. If you need to do circuits to get current do them flapless or with a good crosswind or at night or in something a bit different to what you are used to (<5700 SE Piston covers a lot of aircraft)
D) keep up-to-date on the industry by reading Aust Aviation, the Friday Australian, Flight Safety, PPRuNe, union websites (all of them)
E) talk to your instructors, they will all have mates in the industry and should point you in the right direction
F) don't ever advertise that you will work for low pay!!!
G) never bring the profession down by advertising that you will work for low pay!!!
H) read points F and G aloud until you lose your voice or vomit from repetition-induced naussia.
FRQ CB