The drought seems to be getting worse

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Originally Posted by JDNSW

It isn't, actually - Antarctica is!

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there are 5 continents and Antarctica isnt one of them.

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Originally Posted by Eevo

there are 5 continents and Antarctica isnt one of them.

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"Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent." Courtesy Wikipedia. other sources would agree.

looks like my schooling or memory has failed me.


my point remains however. we are a very dry continent.

Yes, but Antarctica is far drier. (I should note that I have just finished editing a book on Antarctica, so my memory is refreshed!)

I think is would be fair to say the point being made is not whether or not Australia is a dry continent but rather that it seems much drier than it has been previously.

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Originally Posted by SBD4

I think is would be fair to say the point being made is not whether or not Australia is a dry continent but rather that it seems much drier than it has been previously.

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The thing is, you have to define "Previously". Whatever records there are must be considered recent in the big scheme.
I think what Eevo and more so, Discomick, are alluding to is the fact that, for the last/first 231 years since the 1st Fleet arrival, most people in Oz have been trying to create a European styled economy i.e. sheep, cattle and various crops, in a significantly non-Euro climate.

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Originally Posted by Saitch

The thing is, you have to define "Previously". Whatever records there are must be considered recent in the big scheme.
I think what Eevo and more so, Discomick, are alluding to is the fact that, for the last/first 231 years since the 1st Fleet arrival, most people in Oz have been trying to create a European styled economy i.e. sheep, cattle and various crops, in a significantly non-Euro climate.

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Exactly.

From memory NZ is closer to being the real antipodes to GB and really does have a similar climate.

Eevo............. please feel free to add the other similarities.

DL

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Originally Posted by 350RRC

Exactly.

From memory NZ is closer to being the real antipodes to GB and really does have a similar climate.

Eevo............. please feel free to add the other similarities.

DL

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We used to refer to Kiwis as South Seas Poms.

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Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

We used to refer to Kiwis as South Seas Poms.

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My charming mate, that sports a moustache bigger than his ego, calls them: Snap Frozen Poms. Sorry. [bighmmm]