I think that's excellent advice from Parabellum.
You'd be a candidate for what used to be called fast track command, six months in the right and then across? I think it's true to say that you've got to put up the IR and twin skills training (at an ATO?) and test yourself. Then you'd apply as a skilled newbie looking for a bond. Market timing is the thing and no one can usually second guess that. Time of year might be important though. Your new IR would be valid for a year so you'd want it fresh on your licence about two months before traditional hiring period so as to get a new CV out and about.
You do have a little flexibility on when you would renew because it sounds as though you've still got a year of lapsation (?) left.
Oh yes J, I'm seventeen years older than you. You've got youth on your side!