Hi Fortune. Thanks. I apologize for not looking up some information before I babbled. I, with few facts and no experience, assumed all of Australia had California-like weather. (I did know it was bigger, 'course.) In the USA that would be considered particularly fine weather -- mild, sunny, etc. But even in California there are places that get lots of snow in the winter (like Tahoe) and places that stay nice year-round (like San Diego). I checked Yahoo weather and see you're currently pretty darn chilly at 49F and rain. You have my sympathy. Where I am in the US, the "rainy" Pacific Northwest, I have lots of experience with the cold & damp... and it will be coming back here very soon.
But see, I hate to ruin my little vision, wrong as it may be, where everyone in Australia is wearing sunglasses, a swimsuit and probably carrying a surfboard or getting ready to BBQ.
BTW -- I should point out that I added the able2know toolbar today and highly recommend it. I found this cool map almost immediately.