now in the nor-weast of WA this time of year is called TROPO SEASON
people drink more, suicide rates go up, people more likly start fights and so on
now its put down to the fact that the wet season is building up, its hot, humid .
i dont think so
i think it may have some thing to do with pollen
many of the trees are in flower at this same time.
any thoughts?
it is called the troppo season in darwin too. it is the heat and humidity.
You mean Mango Season?
it is the heat and humidity.
yes that is the conman theory.
but its the same time as many of the native plants and trees are in flower.
think heat and humidity is just the easy answer with nothing to back it up.
the high rate of suicide because of heat and humidity seems a bit thin.
in the last 20 or 30 years the rates have not gone down but every one now has air cons and the heat and humidity should be having less affect if that was the case
You mean Mango Season? :)
and paw paw
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/02/19/2166627.htm
seems there could be reasons behind it.
I subscribe to the heat/humidity theory, as pollen is pretty much everywhere at this time of year, and it seems it is only the tropical monsoonal areas where mango madness is prevalent.
I grew up in north queensland, and it wasn’t until I visited the place over christmas (after moving to NSW) that I noticed that everyone was that little crazy – you don’t notice when you live up there as you are a little crazy as well.
i think it is a case of allegy non troppo.
Carmen_Sandiego said:
I grew up in north queensland, and it wasn’t until I visited the place over christmas (after moving to NSW) that I noticed that everyone was that little crazy – you don’t notice when you live up there as you are a little crazy as well.
Oh, thanks mate!
*crosses Carmen off my xmas card list..
What is the Top End like in Late-Feb and March? As opposed to late Dec- Jan? Just considering which way to go around the country, leaving Christmas and finishing late March.
an ‘r’ would have helped the pun
Stealth said:
What is the Top End like in Late-Feb and March? As opposed to late Dec- Jan? Just considering which way to go around the country, leaving Christmas and finishing late March.
you want a Christmas cyclone or tail-end Feb one?
neomyrtus_ said:
Stealth said:
What is the Top End like in Late-Feb and March? As opposed to late Dec- Jan? Just considering which way to go around the country, leaving Christmas and finishing late March.
you want a Christmas cyclone or tail-end Feb one?
Stealth said:
What is the Top End like in Late-Feb and March? As opposed to late Dec- Jan? Just considering which way to go around the country, leaving Christmas and finishing late March.
Pretty much the same, humid & wet.
Cyclone season is between November and May
I love it up here, I can handle the humidity better than the hotter dryer climate of southern Oz
feb march would be better. everything is green, water everywhere.
Boris said:
feb march would be better. everything is green, water everywhere.
Sucks if you want to actually go anywhere, with all that water.
Sucks if you want to actually go anywhere, with all that water.
the top end is ok as the bridges are pretty high. east coast might be different.
Boris said:
Sucks if you want to actually go anywhere, with all that water.the top end is ok as the bridges are pretty high. east coast might be different.
You can get around, but all the nice places to visit tend to be closed.
Boris said:
Sucks if you want to actually go anywhere, with all that water.the top end is ok as the bridges are pretty high. east coast might be different.
The bruce hwy between Cairns & Townsville is very poor quality, many areas are cut along the hwy even in heavy rain let alone a cyclone.
The Bruce Hwy has had funding problems for years particularly in the far north, less so around Brisbane and the Sunshine coast.
You can get around, but all the nice places to visit tend to be closed.
i guess it has been 30 years since i was up there so Nat Parks probably are a bit stricter on where you can go these days.
s did we decide? pollen or heat and humidity?
no we never really got on to it.
for example in one of the links that Boris up up was a supporting claim by the CEO of SAFE WORK AUSTRALIA
he supported the idea that the weather had some thing to do with TROPO SEASON.
BUT he also used a reference to “ dehydration” Bit odd
because you suffer greater incidence of dehydration further in land were the air is dryer and hot , but they don’t suffer from the troppo syndrome the same.
so dehydration is not the ROOT CAUSE