congrads on the uq offer! I'm going into my 2nd year at JCU and it's amazing! I'm from sydney too so i have to admit moving up to queensland was a bit scary, but it turned out to be the best thing ever. I live @ a college too so its heaps of fun.
I think the best thing about JCU is that because its a new course, we have all new equipment, our stockyards for all the large animals a minutes walk from our lecutre theatres and our new hospital should be finished really soon - but its good as well, because even though its a new course, JCU have had a postgraduate veterinary faculty for over 30 years so we have some really good resources as well. Kinda the best of both worlds lol
I have some awesome friends who do vet @ uq and love it, so i'm sure you'll have an awesome time!
I just came home from the australiasian veterinary students conference in melbourne and it was a total blast! so you should come to next years (in perth) and i'll see you there! Good luck starting uni and welcome to the vet profession!