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Australians' passion for weather and its disparity

Max Gonzalez, Friday October 24, 2014 - 13:02 AEDT

For centuries, small talk has helped build relationships among people, with weather being an easy subject for small talk. Everyone has an interest in it and everyone has an opinion about it. This is more so in a country with a population that loves the great outdoors.

The beauty is ... that weather is perceived differently by different people, depending on the individual's paradigm.

On average, people living in urban areas care about the daily weather which will likely affect their commute to work or shape their weekend plans. In rural areas, however, it is the long term weather that has more importance as it shapes people's livelihood and for many have a direct effect on their income.

Living in such a vast country also adds to this disparity, while some might be affected by floods from tropical cyclones or severe storms in the tropical north others might be hard hit by drought in the country's heartland.

But what do people talk about when there is little weather going on and the little weather that there is has been covered quite extensively?

Well ... when the weather gods are on strike, we would always have climate.

- Weatherzone

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