i spent a month skating and getting completely shitfaced every night in sidyney, melbourne, and up the gold coast. i seriously considered moving there.
pros:
- spots are incredible. so many crazy spots that i thought were in barcelona are there. and the ground in the cities is so smooth. you can just cruise around everywhere on smooth ground. it's great.
- almost all of the girls are skinny, hot, and easy. they have good style, too.
cons:
- food is fucking terrible. maybe it was just b/c we didn't know where to go, but it was really bad almost everywhere. it was all like weird fish n chips w/ mayonaise and just generally awful.
i liked melbourne more than sydney but if you like SD, then sydney's probably a better choice. it's sort of like SD w/ a bigger city feel. i thought melbourne had more of an east coast vibe - more culture, grittier, the spots were less of a bust, etc. good luck.