—u/Random_Sime “A lot of countries don’t divide seasons by calendar months like we do, they divide them by the equinoxes and solstices. Which makes a lot of sense!” —u/bluestonelaneway “The real seasons don’t line up with the months and so Australia’s calendar is fairly arbitrary for convenience.” —u/markjustmarkjust —u/Flyingwheelbarrow “The Bureau of Meteorology actually have specific seasons based on traditional First Nations knowledge from different regions of Australia.” —u/SydneyRFC The months of November and December fall into the time of Parra’dowee, characterised as warm and wet — which makes total sense to any Sydneysider who has endured a lifetime of sodden, humid Christmas days.
