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A map of Australia, with different sections labelled with areas from other parts of the world with similar climates.
- The northern coast is labelled: Thailand
- Small patches of northern Queensland, northwest Victoria, and southwest NSW: Northern India
- Most of the areas east of the Great Dividing Range: Louisiana
- The southeastern corner, including most of Tasmania: England
- Kosciuszko: Finland
- Interior of Tasmania: Alaska
- Small patches of southwest Victoria, southeast South Australia, and southwest Western Australia: Coastal Washington
- Most of the southern coast: Southern Nevada (Los Angeles)
- A large area around Perth and a small area west of Adelaide: Southern California
- Southern Western Australia: Central Spain
- Western Queensland, northwestern NSW, and central Northern Territory: Southern Texas
- The vast majority of the interior of the country: Sahara Desert
Pretty wild that you can drive a short distance northwest and go from a Finland climate to a Louisiana one.
((Altitude))
Edit: oh shit that’s the ACT. I thought it was some other mountainous area. I call shenanigans.
Actually looking at it again, I think it might not be the ACT. I think it’s around Kosciuszko.
Yes, I would think Finland would be more around the top of the Snowies/Vic Alps, particularly as you approach the treeline. England seems a better fit for the ACT (though you might need to ignore summer for that).
ACT = Wales. My welsh grandmother literally moved up there after grandpa died because it reminded her of glamorgan.
Does Wales run a dry 40 degrees in summer?
Give it time
Ergh. Fair.
Yeah Kosciuszko would make a hell of a lot more sense.
So they reckon that both Sydney and Melbourne have the same climate (?!), and that climate is just like England (?!?!).
No.
Just no.
Just confusing use of colour for the dataset I think with most of the population in different shades of green. Sydney is marked in the Louisiana region as far as I can tell.