Im in the Mornington Peninsula, Frankston etc.
Um, I gotta say Opeth are probably my favorite atm too (my nick probably gives that away eh) although none of my friends bother to learn any, even though I've practically begged em, they have more interest in blink 182 etc *shudders* still, to each their own eh
as for Slayer, I'd have to relearn alot but got no problems with that. I've been learning Iced earth lately as well, although a fair bit of their music reminds me of a band trying to copy Slayer, that hasnt practiced enough and just can't quite keep up with their riffs...
Anyway, if your interested gimme a list of songs that you can play now or something, I'll see what I know and learn the rest if you like, got nothing but time anyway :)