fyzygy Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_Australian_seasons I lived briefly in the NT, where they had only two seasons: Wet and Dry. Elsewhere I've lived in Oz, the standard is four - probably derived from European observation. But maybe it's an (increasingly?) open question. Along the lines of, how long is a piece of string? What happens when species X doesn't return some year? Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenjonny Posted September 9 Share Posted September 9 The Dharawal had six seasons. I tend to think the first nations people had 60k+ years to work it out so they probably had a good idea. They also transition season by look, feel, smell as opposed to on a certain date. It is something I find incredibly interesting. I have a liquid amber tree near me and it goes through so many transitions I always look to it as the one who can tell me we are in a new season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
withdrawl clinic Posted September 27 Share Posted September 27 nice subject fyzygy! i noticed that, many weeds at my place, come up only at very specific times of the year, and sometimes hardly at all.... that blue flowering tree (name escapes me now) flowers as well, in a window of 3 months, jacaranda i mean (once i stopped worrying, it came to me) seasons are less reliable in europe and other places too. it's upsetting for us gardeners, but a disaster for farmers, and lately they got wrong advice and were told "la ninja is over", but it wasn't. ai isn't as good as some farmers intuition.... at my location, there is no clear pattern of rainfall, and sometimes no rain for months. i want to wided this topic, how doe's climat change effect the seasons and rainfall, and the effects of the former, in regards of animal and insect kingdoms. cycadas for example, they vary in numbers greatly each season, at my place. how is it at your location? does you location produce glow flies? at my place i get glow flies, but only twice in 20 years! in europe, i can see them every season, and allmost in equal numbers. one time, i observed thousand of frogs, migrating to higher ground, and than a monster flood came. how do animals know that? or how about the seasons in the uk? there you get 4 seasons and all in one day, hahaha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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