Weather conditions and extremes have a lot to account for when it comes to helping or hindering our daily lives. And, in Australia, it would seem we have those extremes pretty much covered these days.
Extreme heat? Sweltering transport, urban and rural droughts, or burning bushfires come to mind. Extreme rain? Muddy footy, cancelled cricket and ruined picnics are to be expected – and the horrible recent east-coast floods and the poor victims of it remind us just how tough things can get here.
Yet, what we don’t really – well, not yet anyway – get is extreme cold and snow. But, if some of the latest theories become a reality then we’ll be ‘walkin’ in a winter wonderland’ some day soon while heading to the local shops in thongs (flipflops). Who knows?
The point is, weather greatly influences not just how we eat, drink and live but how we move – and the
