I’ll agree with @Mustang’s amusement. Australian conditions are different but climate is not one that should matter. Both continents are diverse with diverse climates although North America has greater extremes, especially in winter. Since people live in places not across an entire continent, re climates Melbourne is much like San Francisco, Sydney like Los Angeles, Cairns like Houston or Miami and on it goes. Do we have areas like Minneapolis? The Snowies should qualify for a few hours a year 
Some things are different here compared to the US such as road surfaces; ours are harsher being a lower cost mix and Americans don’t have an appreciation of our outback tracks unless they have been on one, but same goes for most of us. There are others differences one can hang a hat on, but I do not agree climate is one of them.
‘Australian conditions’ claims remind me of this era in Japan.
