Hum language maybe, but they are with several aussies there
. Regarding the weather, aussies won't have the SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) which they often suffer in England. On the close-to-the-North-Pole M62, the natural light is grey during the day, dark at 5pm, no wonder they get depressed coming from Queensland!
As long as frog and snail eating is not compulsory, South France is a great destination
. Overall the weather is similar to a NSW/(south) Queensland weather.