Yeah, I've heard of Ballad of Mona Lisa. I love the music video. It was filmed in the same room as I Write Sins Not Tragedies. Except I Write Sins was a wedding and Mona Lisa was a funeral.
ye, it get's pretty hot sometimes, melbourne probably isn't the best place to go for surfing, maybe western australia or queensland would be the best for that, ye i'm too scared to surf too :P