Sorry for the late response. Thankyou all for your contributions. Deejaypee, I can resonate with your advice that sending resumes out from your desk at home is futile the majority of times. I have moved states to get the instructor job I have now and am ready to go where I need to and 'camp it up' so I'm ready to go when an opportunity arises.
I'm hearing a cross section of opinions regarding PNG. Would like to hear more from people who have been up there.
Clear to land, yes, you are exactly right. So far nursing has been very flexible in allowing me to be absolutely as flexible as I need to be for work.
Ideally I'd love to stay in Australia and moving rural doesn't phase me having spent most of my life in rural areas, so I'm keen to see what's around locally and further up in the NT/QLD/WA. If the job had instruction as well as charter that'd be ideal.