Summer in Australia is always extreme, and in recent years has only become more so. This month in eastern Australia alone the weather has been as follows:
Queensland – huge rainfalls causing massive flooding, followed by a cyclone.
New South Wales – flash flooding in some areas while the state as a whole remains in drought, coastal areas copping the fringes of the above-mentioned cyclone.
Tasmania – Widespread bushfires, followed by snow.
And that’s not even all of eastern Australia, much less the whole country.
Meanwhile, here in the Riverina, February has been a series of massive dust-storms, as strong late-summer winds have ripped through areas that haven’t seen rain in a year or more, and are currently completely devoid of grass or other groundcover. Several bad traffic accidents have occurred as a result.
Riverina Wildlife 