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I would spend mine summers in Adelaide.

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How cold is 'freeze your tits off'? You might not like our winters, then. They've become quite mild over the years, and snow will sometimes be late to come: we usually have our first flurries in late november, but it had come as late as end of december. To us Quebecers, a X-Mas without snow is a mournful thing. I remember one year in my childhood, I think it was 1974 or 1975, there was such a blizzard that people would travel with snow-mobiles, and cars had completely disappeared under two meters of snow!

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Southern Italy for your next book launch? I'll be there !!

I agree Fiona that we have some wonderful seasons too... Ever gone for a walk through Kiepo (?) Forrest when it is raining softly between the pines? Gentle mist in the air, soft pine needles underfoot and the joy of discovering a heavenly place of dappled sunlight (yes even in winter) toadstools and a sense of peace. Can imagine pixies and fairies giggling softly ">
Used to go Orienteering and delighted in some of the not so well known areas...
Cherry blossom abounds at the moment... spring is in the air ">
Agree about the heat though..... spent a holiday one year in Mildura when it was so hot that the roads were melting (seriously!)