Falling

March 1 is the first day of Fall (or Autumn) in Australia.  What has changed?  Well, none of the leaves are turning yellow, red or brown.  All of the trees still have all of their foliage.  The grass is still green and growing.  So, not much has changed. 

We've really only experience two seasons so far in Australia.  We arrived at the end of spring and we lived through the entire summer.  This summer was the second hottest AND second wettest in the history of Perth.  If that is as bad as it gets then we can certainly handle the weather here.

It's difficult to know what to expect of winter.  The locals complain bitterly about the cold and rain in winter.  However, when you do a little digging you find it rains on average about 2 days per week, and the amount of rain is minimal.  You also find that the average high in winter is about 18C.  Yes, we'll need to wear a light jacket or sweater especially on windy days but otherwise it should be tolerable.  I'm reminded of when we were first considering moving to Perth.  It was summer in Calgary but winter here.   We checked the weather in Perth and it was rainy and 15C.  The weather for that summer day in Calgary was rainy and 15C.