I used to go to Paris for Saturday nights once a month. In fact with the train, there were times when me and the mads were in London having a boozy afternoon and decided that we want to go to Paris and were there for supper, a snooze, and out again for midnight when it all kicks off.
However, Melbourne aside which is the herpes of Australia, I think the place it great. Loved Sydney, and if I would love to settle down in Hobart which has it all really for my taste. Abalone diving, sailing, good pubs and food, and the locals are fucking mental. There is no down side to the place really, but I should imagine that the brits who move there who complain about the cold then complain about the heat because they are natural complainers.