AusDD isn't dead, it's just having a nanna nap.
Like Aus Social it's what you make it, right?
("don't tell me this is paradise" - that song is going to be stuck in my head now...welcome to BL, rtp).
Incidentally, if there isn't much happening on the Australian boards (I keep strange hours, so it's the norm for me), there is usually some interesting discussion happening somewhere on the forum - just depends where your interests lie.
Took me some time to get acquainted with other parts of the forum, even though I lurked here for years before making an account.
Talking with Australians is good, but talking to people further afield is great too.