The whole seasons/weather/calendar thing is the one bit of moving to the southern hemisphere I haven’t really quite come to terms with. Heck, July is supposed to be high summer not mid winter.

It’s a darn long haul from Queens Birthday in June to Labour Day in October which in my book is winter. The positive thing is though that you can winter sun in the northern hemisphere and lots of kiwis do. They flock to Europe and other places to get their travel fix.

As for me at least we have seasons. Although I long for a year round pacific island climate like Fiji but suspect after a while I’d miss the freezing temperatures, southerly storms and bibilical proportion rains.

Where New Zealand is concerned the thing to keep in mind is it’s closest to the south pole and therefore a cold place with a hot sun. As soon as the sun goes the arctic conditions can kick in!

Hope the sun is shining wherever you are.

J

Rain is my favorite weather, but I will be the first to admit that too much is too much. I hope it calms down for you.