Comments on: Four Seasons in a Day…Literally http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/10/four-seasons-in-a-dayliterally/ Adventures of a Girl with No Fixed Address Sat, 11 Feb 2012 19:04:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Frank and Sue http://www.theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/10/four-seasons-in-a-dayliterally/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Frank and Sue Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:43:00 +0000 http://theprofessionalhobo.com/2008/10/four-seasons-in-a-dayliterally/#comment-203 Ok,<br/>Liked the post , amused me as, when you grow up here, it becomes second nature to be prepared for all seasons in one day.<br/><br/>Then I stumbled upon a great little Genealogy website focusing on early settlement in Tasmania. Someone has posted excepts from one James Blackwood's Diary from 1840. Part of his entry for the 19th June 1840 was the following:<br/><br/><i>This morning was exceedingly cold but as the day advanced it grew much warmer. The variation in temperature is very rapid and very great. In the mornings and evenings one would require to dress with warm clothing and afterwards as the day advanced to dress more lightly. </i><br/><br/>Thought of your post immediately. 168 years later Oz is still confusing recent arrivals with her climate!<br/><br/>The link to the post where I took the excert is here: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~austashs/articles/jasbdiary.html Ok,
Liked the post , amused me as, when you grow up here, it becomes second nature to be prepared for all seasons in one day.

Then I stumbled upon a great little Genealogy website focusing on early settlement in Tasmania. Someone has posted excepts from one James Blackwood’s Diary from 1840. Part of his entry for the 19th June 1840 was the following:

This morning was exceedingly cold but as the day advanced it grew much warmer. The variation in temperature is very rapid and very great. In the mornings and evenings one would require to dress with warm clothing and afterwards as the day advanced to dress more lightly.

Thought of your post immediately. 168 years later Oz is still confusing recent arrivals with her climate!

The link to the post where I took the excert is here: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~austashs/articles/jasbdiary.html

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