Brinjen, if you don't want to broadcast where you live in the N.T., please PM me and let me know! I spend 2 1/2 years in Nhulunbuy (1970-73, a VERY long time ago) so I'd love to chat with someone else from up there.
As for careers, I started out by learning typing and shorthand at the Clarendon Business College in Strathfield, N.S.W. and working for my dad (who was in charge of the electronics and computers in that alumina plant in Nhulunbuy). When we came back to the U.S. in 1973, I dutifully pioneered and worked part-time, finally ending up as a legal secretary. Long story short (too late, I know), I am now the manager of a law firm with 6 offices in Texas and I really enjoy it. I don't have a college degree but I have many years working as a legal secretary and doing various administrative tasks.
I like being a manager, probably because I'm 51 now, with two children, so I'm used to ordering people around. If you like customer service, you can take that into marketing, selling, managing an office, travel agent, airline reservations or flight attendant -- the possibilities are endless!
Sit down and make a list of the things you LIKE to do and the jobs you've enjoyed the most, and then make a list of the things you hate to do and the worst jobs you've had. It will be very revealing and should help direct you to a career that you will find fulfilling.
Best of luck!
Nina