That's us alright, Sandra. Thank you for the light relief. That's wonderful. They'll be regarded as a comedy duo in the clink. A possible career a-waiting.
Things are improving a little. I've been noticing that Darwin(!) is cooler these days than we are.
Ebbie, we're nearly 2/3rds of the way through Summer.
I was born and raised in Melbourne. (I now live in a rural area where the temperatures are even higher than those Melbourne is experiencing.)
The climate changes are significant. We always had heat waves -- but not every year. Heat waves were followed by downpours of rain in the form of thunderstorms. Now if we have Summer storms they are usually dry. This means that lightning strikes that start bushfires are now not followed by drenching rain. The last 13 years we've seen drought along with the rise of temperatures. Autumn/Fall rains used to come in March-April -- now we don't get much rain at all until well into Winter. I know this because I've been involved in native-tree planting programs for 30 years. Also I've been monitoring frogs. I no longer submit Autumn frog-call surveys because there are now no frog-calls then. Butterflies -- only two species this year instead of 7-8. We'll be alright. Humans and their domestic animals will be alright. And it's good that it's so -- but the rest of the natural world ....
Thank you for the chance to rave. Thank you for asking, Ebbie.
Cheers, Joy