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OF ALL the seasons, autumn is my favourite and this year has been a beauty! Autumn is the settled season. Fine sunny days with hardly any wind. Soft light. Days that are not too hot and not too cold.
This year we had day after day of calm, clear, sunny days that started in late April and continued through May. The weather bureau explained that the unusually long run of fine weather was due to strong high-pressure systems called ‘blocking highs’ which stalled in the Great Australian Bight, blocking the usual eastward movement of weather and preventing rain-producing cold fronts from reaching the mainland.