Living in central NSW I find that I live in icebreaker wool thermals for 6 months of the year... Icebreaker is by far the best... I have tried the rest, and for me the fit and durability of icebreaker makes it more than worth the cost. I am also really impressed with Toms outdoors... they seem to have fantastic prices at times, and they are always super quick with postage... (Compare this with a major retail chain that I purchased a jacket through - for some reason it had to be posted from Perth?? and took two weeks) Toms is far more reliable and personable. I even like their spam emails which feature NSW based outdoor adventure travels... Great stuff all round.