Pollution
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Australia’s worst pollution Compared to many countries around the world, I’m pleased to say that Australia is a country where there are strict controls on man-made pollution, and, overall, the environment remains relatively clean. Pollution rarely affects Australians in their backyards, due mainly to the large size of the […]
Cleanest Air
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Cleanest Air Throughout Australia Cape Grim has the reputation of having the cleanest air. Was this true, and from where did the claim arise. For the last couple of decades, Cape Grim has been lauded as having the cleanest air in the world. Not letting a marketing opportunity go […]
Dust Storms
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Dust Storms in Australia The highest frequency of dust storms occurs in central Australia. Alice Springs sees an average of 10.8 dust storms per year with a maximum of sixty-five events in a single year. Massive dust storms which reach the east coast are generally restricted to the drier […]
Reflectivity / Albedo
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Reflectivity Australia’s lakes come in all different shades of the rainbow. Turbid waters within dams exhibit many earthy colours of reds, yellows and browns, gained from surrounding soils. The higher the algal content, the greener they become. The traditional blue colours are attributed to the natural reflections from the […]
Cold
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Cold Coldest temperature in Australia The Bureau of Meteorology records shows that the coldest mainland temperatures in Australia have been recorded at Charlotte Pass, near Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales, with a temperature of -23.0oC on June 29, 1994. Charlotte Pass. Coldest temperature in Australia. Image: Wikimedia […]
Rainfall
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Rainfall The rainfall reports of Australia are widely published and the records highly revered, so you would think that this would be straight-forward, well nothing could be further from the truth. I was about to discover the rainfall record mired in the egos of two long-deceased weather-men. The […]
Droughts
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Drought How often have we been told that Australia is the ‘driest continent on Earth’? That is, of course, if we exclude the cold polar deserts of Antarctica. So, it is said ‘Australia is the driest permanently inhabited continent on Earth’. It is not only dry, but large sections […]
Windiest Location
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS info and updates coming soon
Storms
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS Storms in Australia Storms are among the deadliest of all-natural disasters in Australia, with only heatwaves resulting in a larger loss of life. Storms are best described as destructive atmospheric disturbances, capable of delivering intense, strong winds, rain, thunder, lightning, hail, snow and dust, or a combination of these. […]
First sunlight to strike Australia
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES SOCIETY AUSTRALIAN RECORDS First light to strike Australia The summit of Mount Warning is what most people believe to be the point at which you can see the first Sun’s rays in strike Australia. This isn’t quite true, but the early morning summit hike attracts many thousands of people every year […]