cool. I remember seeing Ursa Major for the first time from Cairns last year. It was also quite bizarre seeing Auriga, Gemini, Lyra, Bootes and all that at elevations I normally associate with Aquila, Orion etc from here.
Going north is a good oppurtunity to observe stuff otherwise not viisble from home
I wouldn't mind checking out M51 and M81/82 from a nice dark site
I always thought of around 15-20º south as a virtually perfect lat to observe both the northern and southern sky's best DSO's, and planets are always well placed, regardless where they are on the ecliptic, unlike here at nearly 40S where they are pretty low when in Taurus and Gemini.