downunder update

All my life I’ve heard comments from other states about the unpredictable ‘Melbourne Weather’. Snide comments, and often uttered in complaining tones.
It’s utter rubbish of course. The weather in Melbourne is boringly predictable. Especially right now, in Spring, when we get the ‘four seasons in one day’.
Although the day may start off cloudy, I know [...]

Sad to say, but the Hills Hoist is becoming rare these days. Have you ever watched a way of life passing and no one seems to care?
Once the Hills Hoist was synonymous with our way of life and every backyard across the continent had one. Usually with a few socks and a towel to dry [...]

The mighty Huon pine, with its exquisite smell, dominates the southern rainforest wilderness.
Tasmania has large areas of cool temperate rainforest, very different from rainforest found in warmer climates of mainland Australia. The Tasmanian rainforests are silent, dark and damp, and the tree trunks and forest floor are festooned with a luxuriant carpet of mosses and [...]