Australia VS America: The Weather

AUSTRALIA
- Only two seasons which don’t really have much of a difference
- Summer is incredibly hot and humid. You sweat whether you are doing something or nothing.
- Summer is for the beach! Australians LOVE the beach. When I lived in Australia, I went to the beach weekly and would get so tanned. Now I am a white snowman L
- You HAVE to have aircon, otherwise you will die
- Winter can get pretty cold but it will rarely fall below 0C/30F.
- You could probably get away with wearing flip flops(thongs) year round
- In winter, it NEVER snows. Most people in Australia have never seen snow. I didn’t see it till I was 18 years old.
- The weather does change depending on where you are in Australia. The desert obviously is incredibly hot, more so than Brisbane. Therefore, no one lives in the middle of Australia.

- Bush fires are very common during summer. I remember driving to Sydney each year and there was also bush fires and you would wait for hours to get through. We had a bush fire at the end of our street and the fire fighters had to back burn a lot of trees. It was a fun time because all us kids would go down the end of the street and watch the fire.
- Brisbane does not have daylight savings. During the summer, it gets light early and dark late. There are not drastic differences thought between summer and winter.
- The weather also affects Christmas. Instead of having a white Christmas, Australia has a hot Christmas. We swim and stay in the air con because it gets very hot in December.


AMERICA
- There are 4 distinct seasons in America.
- In Utah, we have daylight savings.

- Spring is when all the plants start to grow and there are so many beautiful vibrant colors.
- I love going to my aunty Elaine’s house because she is an amazing gardener and her yard is always beautiful during the spring/summer.
- The above photo is close to my house. It is on BYU campus, near the apartments.

- Summer is very dry heat. I personally hate it and would have humidity any day
- Everyone looks forward to summer because you can play outside and are not home bound
- In summer, it does not get dark until 9pm.

- Autumn (Fall) is beautiful. All the leaves turn orange, red or yellow and begin to fall of the trees. People begin to wear sweaters and boots.
- We eat a lot of pumpkin because it is the only time of the year that they sell pumpkin which is the weirdest thing.

- Winter is SNOW! You stay inside most of the time because it is way too cold to venture out. People go sledding, skiing, and snowboarding. I still have not done this because im too scared I will hurt myself.
- If you do not have a garage, your car stays out in the snow. When you wake up in the morning, your car is full of snow/ice and you have to scrap it off. Every car needs to be equipped with a snow scrapper otherwise you would never get anywhere in the snow.
- Sometimes when I open my car in the snow, it freezes and I cant shut the door because it wont latch.
- In winter, it starts getting dark around 5pm and is totally dark around 6.