www.afap.org.au
Do a search on pprune for a thread called information regarding the top end. Lots of info and hopefully it will change your life.
When you sign up to be a pilot, you are signing up for a lifestyle with the good and the bad.
It was never going to be easy and there are no shortcuts without huge catches. Going the GA route you can pick your airline and take your skills where they are rewarded and remunerated accordingly (just like airline management do shock horror!)