Heatwave?

In Australia it is officially still early Spring, but summer has already arrived in Armidale. The forecast temperatures for the next three days are 27, 29 and 25 degrees C (80, 84, 77 F) and few, if any, clouds are expected in the sky. In Britain this would be called a heatwave, though occasional warm days are not that unusual here at this time of the year. Perhaps the real danger is not the warmth, but the absence of rain. Warm and dry conditions are the perfect recipe for damaging bush-fires, so I imagine our local bush-fire brigades are on edge right now. That said, the immediate Armidale district rarely experiences damaging fires and the greater risk lies in nearby national parks, which provide difficult terrain for fire management. For my part, I rather like the warm weather and I look forward to summery conditions for the next 7 months.

Here are a couple of local residents - rainbow lorikeets - enjoying the warm weather:

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