When we were thinking of emigrating we were tossing up between Canada and Oz.
One of my wife's sisters (They come from sunny Mauritius) who had been studying in Montreal, came to visit and her tales of living in the snow made Australia the only choice.
Mind you we still occasionally think of suing the Australian government for false advertising.
Current ABC news:-
"Townsville had recorded 150 millimetres of rain since 9:00am on Wednesday until 5:00am today, with some places to the north recording up to 300mm."
And there has not even been a cyclone!