Well today is officially the first day of spring.
But unofficially its been spring for over a month. Here in ChCh the blossoms are out in full, the daffodils have gone nuts and in general the place looks like it normally does at the end of September, not the beginning. All this is because of a remarkably warm August with mild temperatures, little rain and much sunshine.
True to form though, this means the West Coast has had a hammering. There's been over 1000mm of rain in the Cropp Valley (Hokitika headwaters) in just the past 8 days. Now that's about the average annual rainfall of Auckland and Wellington- just staggering, although its not unusual for spring- mates at Arthur's' Pass refer to this time of year as the Monsoon!
It wouldn't be the greatest time to go tramping ....
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