Joe N
Which part of SE Oz is your friend moving too? The state of Victoria, maybe? If so, unless you're in the mountains (well, that's what we call them, anyway!
) it never snows. Today was 14 C. That's the coldest day in ages. However, there is the wind factor ... it blows in from the Antarctic and creates a bit of misery & cold ears from to to time. I think you'd consider our winters very mild.