Hello Wendy H !
My name is Sue Hook and I live in Oxfordshire, UK, but my sister Jo has lived in Oz for about 15 years now, and has dual cit. etc !!
She lives in southern Queensland (only a few inches away from you on the map har har !!) but we've never been able to afford to go out to Oz although the Parents have been out a couple of times and Jo comes over every couple of years or so.
I believe that Sydney has a fairly nice climate, but obviously without the harsh cold weather that we get here, and much warmer in your Summers. It would be interesting to know if your acclimatised Cockers grow quite as much coat as ours can do, and how you cope with the heat ...
My two (Barley and Bramble) don't seem to care if they are rushing about with ice on their backs after swimming in the river during the winter-spring, but lie around looking miserable and panting when it gets hot in the summer (those couple of weeks we have sometime between July and August when we actually get sunshine for most of the day for more than 2 consecutive days !!)
You possibly spend as much on your air-conditioning as we do on our central heating, but I think we all secretly envy your climate, even if we wouldn't swap our beautiful countryside walks for anything!!
Do visit COL often and tell us all about your Cockers !!
