Post by BettyMy landlord put in central heat and air about three years ago after the
psychopath who lived in the other side of this duplex almost burned the
place down. I didn't want the central stuff, but got it anyway. I had
good window units for air, and floor furnaces for heat, so I had only to
run them when and where needed. Central is quieter though, so I am
thankful for that. It just doesn't seem to cool as well.
We are fairly lucky here, central heating isn't needed where I live.
Post by BettyI need to read about the area where you live. I am only familiar with
the other side of your continent and stories about the outback. I read a
book (autobiography) by Ann Baxter who married an Australian and lived
on a ranch there for a few years. It sounds like an interesting place to
live, but I guess most foreign places seem interesting if you've never
been to them.
I can't place her name at all. Some of the stations (or ranches as you
would call them) are huge. From Wikipedia:
Sheep and cattle stations can be thousands of square kilometres in area,
with the nearest neighbour being hundreds of kilometres away. Anna Creek
station in South Australia, Australia is the world's largest working
cattle station. It is roughly 34,000 square kilometres (8,400,000 acres)
which is 8,000 km2 larger than Alexandria Station a cattle station
spanning more than 1.8 million hectares in the Northern Territory,
Australia and four times the size of America's biggest ranch, which is
only 6,000 km2.
Post by BettyIt seems as though you should be approaching fall in Australia. Is that
right?
Yes, but someone forgot to tell Mother Nature!
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