Python is very nice for system administration. I'm going to learn rust too - it seems like a very nice language. c++ without crap.
I've already been able to use python for some miscellaneous administrative tasks and it works wonderfully. I can't wait to keep learning and become really fluent in python. I'm very excited for rust as well. It really seems like a beautifully-designed language.
I should set something like this up.
Go for it! It's super easy. Small VPSes are super cheap. I use ramnode for my personal/jump-VPS, and only pay $3 USD a month. I'm not sure if they have a datacenter in australia, but I can't imagine it being too hard to find something you can use. There's always hetzner for cheap, beefy VPSes.
I'm also trying to find ways to get around the new VERY dumb australian anti-encryption laws that are legal. So far, I've figured that using tor as well as a non-australian mirror for my debian should do fine for now.
Eventually I would also like to make a gentoo-based linux distribution that you can verify from top to bottom. Starting with Linux From Scratch (stage0) to create a stage 1 then stage 2 then stage3 then self customization.
Thoughts?
Go for it! Why not? If anything, it will be a huge learning experience and I'm sure it will be wholly enjoyable.