Australia June-August

Stabshauptmann

is australia nice june - aug. I know thats their winter, Im just wondering what type of whether (say around Sydney) I should expect?

Anything in particular (like national days/events/natural phenomena) worth seeing this time of year?

empirix

Winter on the east coast and down south etc and in general everywhere but up north its quite hot and possibly the best time of year to travel there, Dec - feb up north is a nightmare, - very hot and humid the winter in Sydney is not that cold compared to here, bit of a bite at early morning late evening etc, nothing a light jacket or jumper won't take care of

La La

Kaptain Redeye wrote:

is australia nice june - aug. I know thats their winter, Im just wondering what type of whether (say around Sydney) I should expect?

Anything in particular (like national days/events/natural phenomena) worth seeing this time of year?

well you just missed Anzac Day which is the biggest day in the aussie calendar - i was there for it this year again - was nice....not sure of any other big days around the captioned time you mentioned.

i've lived through a sydney winter and it is just that - winter. much milder than ireland but. i was there last week and it was gawjuss but it's only autumn now. in winter dont be expecting to be hitting bondi beach basically, but other than that sydney is fab any time of year.

-for sightseeing stuff check out the blue mountains, three sisters, janolen caves.

if it all gets too chilly just hop on a bus and head up north towards brisbane i guess.

Dickie10

is brisbane or cairns warm in june/july? like warm enough for beach activities?

Credit Checker Moose

Oh yes for sure. Mid 20's by day. Mid teens by night.

Dickie10

lovely bit like the canaries in summer? what about day light?

J_A_F_A

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Dickie10 wrote: »

lovely bit like the canaries in summer? what about day light?

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Peregrinus

Dickie10 wrote: »

lovely bit like the canaries in summer? what about day light?

The closer you get to the equator, the less variation there is in the length of the day over the year, so summer days are not especially long in Northern Australia (nor winter days short). Google will give you sunrise and sunset time for any place you name on any day you name, so fill your boots. They don't really have dusk or twilight in northern Australia; it goes from full daylight to full night over a pretty short time. It's still wam at night; you can sit outside, eat, drink, chat, socialise. But for sightseeing or outdoor activities that require daylight, the earlier you start in the day they more you'll get done. People tend to get up a bit earlier, and go to bed a bit earlier, than is customary in Ireland in order to make maximum use of the morning hours, which are the best part of the day.

Canis Lupus

I have to say it's one thing that still bothers me a lot about living in Brisbane is there's never much variation in the day. I miss long evenings in beer gardens back home in the summer. Having said that I equally don't miss the dreary dark winters but still.

Sexual Chocolate

Peregrinus wrote: »

People tend to get up a bit earlier, and go to bed a bit earlier, than is customary in Ireland in order to make maximum use of the morning hours, which are the best part of the day.

This was one of the big cultural differences I noticed when I went over. The majority of people are on there way to work for 7am and done by half 3 and in bed before 10 at night. Most days I would be awake before half 5 to go to work. Killer :pac:

The earliest I ever seen it get bright when I was farming out in north Victoria was probably 5.45am if not 6 at the peak of summer compaired to 4am back home. In April we weren't getting first light till about 7.30am so can only imagine May or June. Latest to get dark in summer maybe half 9 ish ? And still like 35° at that time.