We’ve been pretty set on moving back to that side of the world but the last year or two we’ve been fairly set on Auckland. But Melbourne is just a bit bigger and offers more whilst we’re still fairly young...and tbh Auckland was the opposite of Sydney in a lot of ways which is a reason why we liked it so much as we both loved Sydney but living there always felt a bit off at times and from visiting Melbourne to speaking to people about it Melbourne feels like what we liked about Auckland and the opposite of what we disliked about Sydney.
I’d miss Sydney’s beaches but I don’t need amazing beaches to get by, Melbourne has some nice ones that’d do the job. Outside of that I’m not massively a beach person in that I’d move somewhere just for them and when I was in Melbourne it just felt right to be there, great restaurants and bars, millions of sporting events, the comedy festival. Just felt like there was more balance there.
I think if we were to move to Melbourne and it didn’t work out then Auckland would be a backup plan that would be fairly spot on.