Of Cyclones and Bovines: Living in the Torrid Zone
I grew up on a farm on the Western Slopes of New South Wales where in a good year the annual rainfall was 18 inches (450 mm). That amount of rain can fall in a matter of days in Far North Queensland and the frogs are of a size and colour that was unimaginable to me who had handled only the tiny frog...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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James Cook University
2011-12-01
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| Series: | eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the tropics |
| Online Access: | https://journals.jcu.edu.au/etropic/article/view/3406 |
| Summary: | I grew up on a farm on the Western Slopes of New South Wales where in a good year the annual rainfall was 18 inches (450 mm). That amount of rain can fall in a matter of days in Far North Queensland and the frogs are of a size and colour that was unimaginable to me who had handled only the tiny frogs of the drylands. To top it off, in the last five years I have endured two Category-5 cyclones, Larry and Yasi both of which hit us at Mission Beach where I spend my summers and as much of the year as I can. And then I went to India, South India where the monsoons fill the streets with water. |
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| ISSN: | 1448-2940 |