Sorry, I should have said where I'm from - I'm from England. I live in a cool climate but I love hot weather (I did get heat exhaustion in Texas one year, I don't intend to repeat that mistake!). I am not going to go to the north of Australia, as I know it's very humid and wet during the summer months (I caught the tail end of the wet season last time I was there).
Grant - don't worry about the state abbreviations. They're pretty easy to work out.
Thanks for the replies so far.