Sorry if I'm late to the party, but I was in the first year of Algo, and had Neale and Georgia just like Mack00102
Everything they said holds true for me.
I found it more interesting than methods, easier than methods actually, because I felt it was more hands on and more relevant to my interests and all that. Only 2 of us from my physical school actually sat the exam (5-6 started the year, the others dropped out), so there is a level of difficulty to it (part of the reason my old school doesn't actually advertise Algo to students, but I think the other kids who picked it up thought it would be easy/video game making, rather than computer science type stuff).
Being online based, there were some issues with communication. We did weekly calls in Google Hangouts, but due to issues at the school I was never able to connect, and the techs there didn't seem interested in fixing the problems. Most of my communication with Georgia was via email, which was still really useful.
Coming up to exam prep, Georgia made 3 or 4 entire practise exams just from the study design, as there were no previous years ones for us to use. This is a good example of the dedication she has to teaching this subject. I'm sure we've all had teachers throughout the years that don't really try, that are just there to get paid, but Georgia really is dedicated to helping you understand the content, and she'll put in just as much as you do.
I'm doing a 2 year gap year as IT Support at my old 7-10 school, and have been accepted into the Criminology/IT Security double degree at Deakin, and I'm sure the stuff we've covered in Algo will come in handy, even if it is just making some classes a bit easier.
For anyone else thinking about Algorithmics, but not wanting to go to Melbourne/Monash for uni, it is always worth asking the heads of the IT area at open days if their uni will give similar credits. I asked at Deakin and Fed, and both of them do offer a similar amount of credit, I can't remember off the top of my head but I think the Fed one would be equivalent to shaving ~$2000 off your degree, as you would be credited 1-2 subjects and not need to study them there.