What parts of Australia are still in drought ?

Mmm, I already admitted that UK summers can be duds - so not sure what you've added there, really...and who was saying it wasn't documented?

It's a free forum, I can add any extra information I want. It was stated in case someone asked.

The fact that a recent two have been duds doesn't make that the norm.

And last year's was much better. It was 2007 and 2008 that were the duds.

It's actually been three now. Last year's wasn't much better.

http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=627493&page=23

And the Autumn colours in 2008 and 2009 were beautiful - so that compensates in the eyes of some.

Agreed, they were beautiful.

Not you clearly - but we don't all have to agree with you.

Of course you don't, I'm not trying to get people to agree with me, I'm just stating my own opinion, just like you and others do on this forum.


Have a nice day!

l thought the droughts over in most of OZ

I'm sorry but fairly recent news articles continue to refer to the existence of a drought in Australia. There certainly isn't much rain in Melbourne.

I think you have to be a real apologist to start proclaiming that the drought is finished.

Just a sample:

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE5127CY20090203

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/...ght_12-01.html

http://www.circleofblue.org/waternew...worried-towns/

http://www.merimbulanewsonline.com.a...d/1719012.aspx

Australia floods peak, but farmers see export boon
Jan 4, 2010 http://www.reuters.com/article/idUST...0:b30346364:z0

January 10, 2010 QUEENSLAND'S central west has been issued with further flood warnings.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...9-3102,00.html

Floods and Droughts... confusing, yes ?

You did say most of Australia, maybe Melbourne still has a drought ?

We're not in a drought at the moment. Northern QLD, NT and Tassie are rarely drought ridden. Not saying there's not a water problem here but not an apologist either.

just after we moved to SE Qld, 2 years ago, some random bloke on another forum asked me how I could ever want to move to a drought ridden country and posted a picture from some BBC website showing cracked, scorched earth..

I took a photo out of the back of our house, of the flood river merrily running past the back door and the lush, knee high, green grass (which at that time of year you could see growing!) and pointed out that few places suffered from drought once Dreamy was in situ.

(Yorkshire is still suffering the after effects of me living there for 10 years)

Anyway, back to the sun.

I like bright, sunny days. It isn't the be all and end all of my life though. Yesterday it was overcast in the Blue Mountains and the rellies took Eldest2kids on a bush walk in Katoomba. If the sun had been out it would probably have been too hot for them to do that. Fortunately, so far, we seem to get a good mix of glorious sunshine, rain, and cooler overcast days.

And the grass still keeps flipping growing!

I took my daughter to Melbourne over the UK winter. I am always at the doctors in the winter with her. She has a grey complexion, is always lifeless and upset, dark circles under her eyes, constant tummy gripes etc etc. He could'nt find anything the matter but she was a different child in the sun. We spent 4 weeks there. Not only was her skin radiant but so was her mood! She has (touch wood) been better since but people comment that she is going back to 'grey again'.

Disagree ... love the blues and greens and colour in general ... in Oz it is so much clearer (5 years in for me) ... but I also love the landscape of the UK (most of it) ... the night sky in Oz is also spectacular

Have you tried a brisk walk along the english countryside/coast on even on a cool day, we walked all over sussex and yourkshire recently and complexions after an hour of that were glowing. Also far more pleasant than attempting to walk in 42C which OZ predicts for some parts today.

I might go out for a walk later. Don't see why the weather will make it unpleasant.

We walk everyday and love the British countryside (in fact I would miss it more than most things living close to the Peak District). However, I wasn't refering to not being able to go out because the weather is unpleasant. In fact we usually do most of our walking in the winter. We have a 3 year old who has been in a back-pack since she was a baby and we have a dog too.
As you say, even in our "heatwaves", it is'nt pleasant to walk in the sun. However, she was just a more vibrant, healthly, energetic child. I believe it was because she had more natural sunlight. After all it is a recognised health issue.

Sorry to sound a bit of an idiot but i'm from Scotland and I am currently in the process of selling my house to move across. My question is this.... What is this thing you call "sunshine" or "Sun" it sounds like the devils work to me and temperatures of 42c??????? not natural

Only in the country - and the night sky is great in the country in the UK too. My parents live in a rural area of the UK and the night sky there is spectacular.

That's not really a feature of Australia as such.

Very few stars visible from Melbourne itself, which I would fully expect would apply to most of the other city/urban areas of Australia also.