I like this. Very much. The short, sweet idea that perfectly describes your characters (or your) frustration with winter

coming from a FELLOW AUSSIE i can understand how hard it would be to leave our wonderful summers and have to live through winter in london
oh the horror
and YEAH FOR AUSSIES :)

And in professional terms, this is what we call ‘Seasonal Affective Disorder’…good description. I felt just like that my first winter in Ottawa after living in Arizona.

I Love global warming, up until yesterday here in southern New Jersey USA , it felt like summer. I can’t wait till spring/summer are here again. Winter is too cold, boring, can’t do all the things I like doing outside. Concerts,fishing, boating,beach, swimming pool.. Winter means shoveling snow ugh.
So I agree with what you wrote.