Cornwall or Melbourne :)
Apr 5th 2010, 9:40 pm
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Re: Cornwall or Melbourne :)
I think it's fair to say, given a lot of comments on here over the years, that a lot of people in the UK don't know when the official start of summer is.
A lot of UK migrants seem to think the Aussie system is crazy (summer = Dec, Jan, Feb) even though it is the southern hemisphere equivalent of the EU system which has mostly supplanted the old system in the UK that officially used to start summer on Mid-Summer's Day (they still use this in some parts of North America).
A lot of UK migrants seem to think the Aussie system is crazy (summer = Dec, Jan, Feb) even though it is the southern hemisphere equivalent of the EU system which has mostly supplanted the old system in the UK that officially used to start summer on Mid-Summer's Day (they still use this in some parts of North America).
I don't mind the cold - it's the flipping everlasting grey sky and rain that depresses me 
Apr 5th 2010, 9:52 pm
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Re: Cornwall or Melbourne :)
Apr 6th 2010, 5:07 am
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Re: Cornwall or Melbourne :)
Apr 6th 2010, 5:34 am
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Re: Cornwall or Melbourne :)
I actually knocked SA off our possible destination list as it looked too dry.
Apr 6th 2010, 5:52 am
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Re: Cornwall or Melbourne :)
Well you'll be pleased to know that we had the wettest winter in 100 odd years so there was no drought this summer - they relaxed the water restrictions. Looking a bit crispy now at the end of the summer but we had a whole night of rain last night so things will hopefully green up. Weather tends to be cyclical so hopefully it will be another 10 years of wet winters. Apparently the drought years were unusual in that the cycle lasted for longer than historically it had before.
Apr 6th 2010, 6:13 am
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Re: Cornwall or Melbourne :)
It would have to be Melbourne... 
Cornwall is just to dangerous. I was bitten by a poisonous snake there once....
Cornwall is just to dangerous. I was bitten by a poisonous snake there once....
Apr 6th 2010, 7:37 am
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If Sydney had weather like Siberia you can be certain that I wouldn't bloody be here.
Apr 6th 2010, 10:33 am
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I think all the folks who roll out the "we are doing it for the kids" line and the "weather has nothing to do with it" are either trying to kid us or are kidding themselves.... of course the weather is a major influence on why people come.
If Sydney had weather like Siberia you can be certain that I wouldn't bloody be here.
If Sydney had weather like Siberia you can be certain that I wouldn't bloody be here.
Apr 6th 2010, 11:54 am
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Re: Cornwall or Melbourne :)
I think it's fair to say, given a lot of comments on here over the years, that a lot of people in the UK don't know when the official start of summer is.
A lot of UK migrants seem to think the Aussie system is crazy (summer = Dec, Jan, Feb) even though it is the southern hemisphere equivalent of the EU system which has mostly supplanted the old system in the UK that officially used to start summer on Mid-Summer's Day (they still use this in some parts of North America).
A lot of UK migrants seem to think the Aussie system is crazy (summer = Dec, Jan, Feb) even though it is the southern hemisphere equivalent of the EU system which has mostly supplanted the old system in the UK that officially used to start summer on Mid-Summer's Day (they still use this in some parts of North America).
Doesn't the equinox often mark summer too, which might be related to the adoption of DST at least.
The spring equinox or thereabouts is not a good time to start summer in my opinion. It's a point when days and nights are equal so is naturally a point between extreme seasons and by definition the intermediate season spring but I suppose it indicates that summer is closer rather than further away.
I'll get my coat...
