Today is the first of March 2014. The first of March is officially the beginning of autumn in Australia. Here at the East Coast of Australia we are at present in a rain period. For quite a few days there’s been some steady, drizzly rain. However since last night the rain seems to have increased a lot. Probably we are going to have quite a bit more rain before the sun shines again. The temperature is still a bit above 20 Celsius most of the time. This is why I would call this rain a ‘warm’ rain and I like it. Everything looks beautiful fresh and smells nice. Who knows, our area may have been a subtropical rainforest area in earlier times? With all this vegetation growing we seem to be getting more and more birds here. We can often hear lots of different birds, but hardly ever see any. They are mostly well covered in the dense bush along the neighbouring creek. Sometimes we notice a flock of galahs or rosellas.
We, Peter and I, had been discussing that we should visit one of the waterfalls in our area some time soon. We haven’t been to a waterfall for quite some time. Would be good to take some pictures there. We decided now, it’s better to wait a bit until the rain has eased off a bit more. Peter reckons in this kind of weather it can be very foggy up in the escarpment.
This morning I had another look at my January pictures. Bear with me when I publish once more a few more of these sign pictures I took. What I did this morning is that I cropped all these pictures quite a lot so as to make the writing better visible.
Outside my window it’s pouring, pouring. A really huge downpour. I think it is best to stay home today!
Wishing all my blogger friends a very good weekend.
AuntyUta 
I’d love a “Shut the Gate Mate!” sign. 🙂 It’s pouring rain here tonight, too, Uta. But it’s still February. LOL! I didn’t know that Autumn starts on March 1st in Australia. Our Spring doesn’t begin until March 20th, so without knowing any better I though our change of seasons would be at the same time. I learn something new every day from my friends in the Southern Hemisphere! I hope you are enjoying your weekend–and the rain!
As I remember it, Debra, in Germany we had the seasonal changes starting with the 21st of March. Not so in Australia.
Arriving in Australia I soon learned that for instance winter starts on the 1st of June! (June usually seems to be the coldest month in Australia.)
I am already looking forward to the start of spring on the 1st of September! Sometimes it can be quite hot as early as August.
Right now I am looking forward to have some afternoon coffee with Peter after we just had a deliciously cooked lunch. The cooking of lunch was a joint effort and doing the dishes was also a joint effort. So, I am happy that the dishes are done already. This gives me a really good feeling! 🙂
“Shut the gate” does this mean what I think it means?
“Mate” is a typical Australian expression. If you are some one’s mate you are his friend. 🙂