The overnight minimum in Mount Gambier was five degrees. That’s the usual winter average minimum and six degrees lower than the January average. For the period from February to April, the Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting cooler than average daytime temperatures in the southeast of the country. After last year’s heat wave, most people will [...]
Summer snow
It snowed on Mount Hotham overnight. I would have taken the kids up this morning if I’d known earlier.
Snow and Mrs Robinson
There are two amazing stories coming out of Britain at the moment. The affair between the First Minister of Northern Ireland’s wife, Iris Robinson, and Kirk McCambley is extraordinary. She was 59 and he was 19. According to The Guardian: “Mrs Robinson’s transgression was the more astonishing given the controversy generated last year when she [...]
Another hot year
According to the Weather Channel, a warm end to 2009 has seen it become the third hottest year on record for Australia. The winter of 2009 was the country’?s hottest on record, with the average winter maximum temperature 1.6° above average. The July to December period was also the warmest six-month period ever recorded. 2009 [...]
