http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/06/02/3443604/australia-hottest-two-years/

The last two years in Australia have been the hottest ever
recorded, and there’s no sign that the heat wave is going to stop any time soon,
a report released Sunday showed.

According to data compiled by Australia’s biggest crowd-funding campaign, the
independent Climate Council, the period from May 2012 to April 2014 was the
hottest 24-month period ever recorded in Australia. Next month, when the
two-year period spans from June 2012 to May 2014, those above-average
temperatures are expected to be even greater, the report said.

“Climate change is here, it’s happening, and Australians are already feeling its
impact,” Professor Will Steffen of the Climate Council told the Guardian on
Sunday. “We have just had an abnormally warm autumn, off the back of another
very hot "angry summer".”

Lots of hang gliding in Australia this autumn.

The exceptional heat has now continued into Australia’s current
autumn, the report said, delaying the onset of winter conditions across the
southern portion of the country.

Tove Heaney on May 25th:

Short flight from Conargo. Wind was perfect when we arrived but
ended up 90 deg cross with tail. A lot of smoke in the air. Had a tow got a
light dribbly one and floated over the back. Heaps of hawks in the air but they
couldn't save me this time. Top and shorts. Loving the weather!!!

http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2014/05/30#.U4yk7Cggut9

Thanks to Russ Brown.