Mar 28, Monday

A pleasant Autumn day - sunny but not too warm.  Stuck in the office all day today so didn't get to see much of it! 

Mar 27, Sunday

A perfect Autumn day.  It wasn't all that much warmer than yesterday but it was lovely in the sun today.  We got out in the garden and enjoyed it.

Mar 26, Saturday

Our wedding anniversary today!  It was another cool day, barely reaching 18 degrees.  I really can't recall our wedding anniversary ever being so cool and overcast.  On our wedding day 17 years ago it reached 30 degrees.  We couldn't believe it could be so hot at the end of March.  But in the years in between it has often been that warm.  I recall many a time over the last 17 years that we'd say how surprising it was on our wedding day to be so warm but now it's the norm for March to be hot.  The last year has certainly been exceptional weather.

Mar 25, Friday

Very cool again today.  I wanted to light the fire tonight but Mick laughed at me!  He walked down the street and spoke to the neighbours tonight and said their fire was crackling merrily. 

We have a ridiculous number of spiders around this year.  The garden is full of enormous webs spun by creepy large spiders.  The house itself is literally covered in spider webs.  I'm tired of trying to keep them at bay.  Everyone is complaining about the same problem.  Such a nuisance.  Next time I see one of those huge perfect webs I should take a photo.

Mar 24, Thursday

Some rain in the night and a quite cool day.  The first day in quite some time that I've needed a long sleeve jumper/jacket.

Not a very good photo, but looking towards Melbourne city at night....

Mar 23, Wednesday

Overcast again today and it got much cooler later in the day.  And finally... some rain.

Mar 22, Tuesday

Come on... where's the rain?!  Another overcast day and another day that was warm and muggy.  I hate humidity.  I do grizzle about the intense heat of Summer but it sure is preferable to high humidity.  It wasn't all that bad today... but still.  Dancing class was hot and sweaty with the humid air. 

Mar 21, Monday

On the weekend the 4 day forecast predicted rain each day from Monday.  I didn't think to ask Mick if there was any rain at home (I'm in Melbourne) but we had no rain here!  It was overcast the entire day.  Not at all cold though, in fact warm and humid!  Strange weather.

Mar 20, Sunday

There was a bit of rain in the night.  I woke up to the smell of rain on the ground outside.  It was warm much earlier in the day today.  Just lovely.  We met up with some friends at Hepburn Springs and it was busy with people enjoying the sunshine in the park-like grounds.

Mar 19, Saturday

There is a pattern forming!  Late in the day the temperatures gets up to almost 25 degrees but earlier than that it's sunny and pleasant but not overly warm.  Went outside this evening to take a look at the "super moon".  It certainly did look bigger than usual.

Mar 18, Friday

Same again today but the nights are getting progressively colder.  Mick's been talking about flanelette sheets already!

Mar 17, Thursday

Quite a cool day today but lately it's been lovely with the sun so gentle.  It hasn't been reaching 20 degrees until later in the afternoon so we've well and truly said farewell to the Summer.  It really feels like we didn't really have a Summer though with the weird weather we've had.

Mar 16, Wednesday

Much cooler today - just reaching 20 degrees or so.  Our lunchtime walk from the office was cool with the breeze.  It was a little overcast too.  A pleasant evening with the sun setting.

Mar 15, Tuesday

It took a while to warm up today but we well into the mid 20's by late afternoon.  The temperature dropped about 5 degrees in the hour or so after 7pm.  Overall it was a pleasant sunny day.

Mar 14, Monday

Today was a public holiday and for us the weather was perfect.  It was cool enough to be out in the garden in the sun and we had blue sky and sunshine all day.   In tidying up the vegetable garden I brought in the things that were in danger of spoiling if I left them any longer.

Mar 13, Sunday

The morning started off quite warm and sunny, without a cloud in the sky.  It looked like the promised rain wasn't to be so I hung washing on the line.  After lunch I was inside and didn't notice the sky clouding over but the incredibly loud crack of thunder got my full attention.  Just as I thought perhaps I should bring in the washing the heavens opened and the rain pelted down.  By the time I scrambled for shoes and the washing basket it was almost too late.  I got drenched to the skin in the couple of short minutes it took to drag the sodden washing off the line!  The temperature dropped by about 10 degrees in an hour and we had good rain for an hour or more.  Late afternoon was dry and the temperature began to creep up again.  By evening the cicadas were so loud that my friend in Germany could hear them while we talked on the phone.  Four seasons in one day.

Mar 12, Saturday

It stayed quite warm all night, barely below 20 degrees I'd say.  Then another warm day into the high 20's.  The last weather forecast I saw said showers for tomorrow.  I hope so - then we won't have to water our vegetable garden!

A view through an apple orchard...

Mar 11, Friday

The nights are still consistently mild.  Today was into the mid 20's by lunchtime.  Lunch with a workmate at an outdoor cafe with the sun on our backs.  Lovely! 

Mar 10, Thursday

Pleasant today.  It was one of those days that you can wear a long sleeve top or not.  It got slightly warmer later in the afternoon though.

Mar 9, Wednesday

It cooled down again today and the rain's back.  They forecast a huge downpour (70mm) today but we had only 9mm.  It all counts though - the vegie garden will be glad of it.

Mar 8, Tuesday

Another very warm day.  It was still 27 degrees at 8pm! 

Country road.....

Mar 7, Monday

I hadn't taken any notice of the weather forecast so after being stuck in the office all day it was a surprise when I went outside at 4.30pm to find it was hot!  Ok, so it wasn't 35 degrees but it was a lot warmer than we've had in ages.  It reached almost 29 degrees.  This is nothing unusual for March, it's only that we've had such an amazingly mild Summer.

Mar 6, Sunday

Another lovely day.  Blue sky, sunshine, just on 25 degrees.

This photo taken today....

A view of Harcourt North

Mar 5, Saturday

A stunning, stunning day.  The sun was out all day but it wasn't too hot at all.  Great day for a one year old's outdoor birthday party!  We had a more than 2 hour drive to Healesville but what a pleasure it was today.  Everything's green, the dams and ponds are brimming with water, and the sun through the car window was gentle and pleasant.

Mar 4, Friday

Today was a lovely sunny but coolish day.  The evening sun is filtering through the gums at the back of our property and it looks so peaceful.  But... we have the heater on.  It's the first time since last Spring.

Mar 1-3 Tue, Wed, Thur

I've not been my usual self these last few days (I'm miserable at work) so 3 days update at once.

We've said goodbye to Summer and it certainly feels like it.  In fact tonight we almost turned the heater on!  It's still been sunny during the day but temperatures only reaching 20 degrees or just over.

On a positive note, the crepe myrtles are in full flower at the moment.  It's so lovely to see them in gardens as you drive around.  The oleander are out too.  I also noticed today the first hint of yellow/orange in the leaves of the trees.