After moving to Australia at the grand old age of 36, i can confirm the following :
Both are different, but just as interesting.
I have loads of experience with the NH, and i can tell you its pretty kewl, the winter has some great views (with Orion being the right way up, in a dignified manner) and there are some nice things to see, the Perseus double cluster, M31, M15, The Crab Nebula, the Ring Nebula etc, although i know you can see some of these from here, in the height of summer you can see some of the Sagittarious region, although only from the south of England, not Scotland, and from Glasgow, i have only ever seen Antares twice really close to the horizon. Although i have some great memories of seeing the Northern Lights several times from Scotland, specially from a night spent near Glencoe, in the Highlands.
The SH, well where do i start !! ... quite frankly, i dont know, and i am hoping to get some guidance on this, as it does genuinely seem harder to get to know my way around, that said, even through my modest "grab and go scope" (an 80mm F11 refractor) the overhead view is stunning, the 32mm eyepeice was rammed with stars and objects, and things that i didnt know what they where, and quite frankly, took my breath away.
so, both are very different, although equally as good.
