After a cold, gloomy spring that really felt like winter, summer is finally here! To welcome the start of December we have blue skies and temperatures in the mid-20’Cs (about 77’F). It’s not going to last, we’ll be wet and gloomy again tomorrow (more on that in another post), but for today I am enjoying…
Weather
Spring!
Today is the first day of Spring in Australia. If I could do cartwheels without killing myself I would. We don’t use the equinox in Australia to herald the change of seasons. Instead, the seasons change on the 1st day of September (spring), December (summer), March (autumn) and June (winter). The reason is twofold… the…
Naked solstice
On Monday it was the shortest day of the year in Australia…the winter solstice. For me it’s reason to celebrate because while we are still getting colder, at least the days will slowly start to get longer!! Monday was 4 hours and 46 minutes shorter than the summer solstice. In Canberra, the morning of the…
Hot or cold?
Early Thursday morning I’m flying interstate to visit a dear friend who has been going through a tough time of late. We’ve had a few covid outbreaks recently, so it’s been a fingers crossed process over the last few days but it looks like I am going to be able to go (my flight is…
Douglas Adams + Australia
I can’t find the original source, but this is reportedly how Douglas Adams, the author of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, viewed Australia and Australians: “Australia is a very confusing place, taking up a large amount of the bottom half of the planet. It is recognizable from orbit because of many unusual features, including what…