When you get older anyhow.. nightlife matters less.. it's everything else that's more important
I've had plenty of good nights out though in Brisbane, I find it's a lot friendlier and more relaxed than the melbourne 'look at me, look at me, i'm a tosser' crowd, with large fights, ethnic problems, "private function" (e.g. you don't fit our demographic, we reckon we're cool), la de la from what I remember from 10 years of going out in melb.