There's a host of guided tutorials other than tryruby.org which are freely available and some have paid content available:
- Rails for Zombies - http://railsforzombies.org/
- Code Academy - http://www.codecademy.com/en/tracks/ruby
- Code School - https://www.codeschool.com/paths/ruby
- Treehouse - http://teamtreehouse.com/features/ruby
- Agile web development with Rails 4 - http://pragprog.com/book/rails4/agile-web-development-with-rails-4
- Rails tutorial - http://www.railstutorial.org/
- Railscasts - http://railscasts.com/
- Rails Guides - http://guides.rubyonrails.org/
There's a Ruby on Rails meetup in Richmond held on the last wednesday of every month - http://ruby.org.au/meetups/mel.html
On August 29th there's a Ruby for Newbies night - https://github.com/rails-oceania/roro/wiki/Melbourne-Ruby-for-Newbies-night
Here is a pretty comprehensive list of Melbourne companies that use Ruby on Rails - https://github.com/rails-oceania/roro/wiki/Australian-Companies-using-Ruby-on-Rails
Job opportunities are often posted on the rails oceania mailing list: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!forum/rails-oceania
Salary ranges for a Rails developer
Intern - depending on ability/opportunity
Junior - $50k-70k
Mid Level - $70k-100k
Senior - $100k+
Twitter: #roromelb / @rubyaustralia on twitter
https://www.facebook.com/RailsGirlsMelbourne on Facebook