I do Biomed Eng at Usyd (first year), and i'm finding it pretty good so far.
There's not much 'hands on' work atm, there's still a lot of theory at this stage, to introduce us to the basic concepts i guess.
Like someone else said, the biomed eng course at usyd is a four year full degree, whereas at UNSW its a five year course, where you chose a stream for your degree (eg Mechanical, mechatronics) and you get a Masters in Biomed eng.
Because Biomed is a stream of Mechanical eng at usyd, we have to do all the subjects that Mechanical Eng students do. My subjects for this year were 4 maths subjects (differential and integral calculus, statistics and linear algebra), engineering computing, introduction to mechanical engineering, chemistry, professional engineering (ethics, teamwork, etc), engineering mechanics and human biology.
It's been pretty interesting so far...the engineering subjects can get pretty intense but its not too bad.
I did 3 unit math and i didnt do physics for the HSC and im coping pretty well.
All in all im enjoying the course