yea the weather does affect snakes up here in Darwin my stimmi went three months without eating. I know it doesn't seem cold but sometimes it just about the time of year as well.
She's insatiable now. This is her last night. She just had a feed (you can see it travelling up the serpentine escalator to heaven) but is immediately poised for the next one ha ha
Balandas/ Whitfellas up here recognise two seasons the Wet and the Dry. There is no equivalent of Spring. Most Countrymen have 6 or so recognised seasons. Same story.
We have fire tolertant and fire excluding forests, each exploits the other when fire does or doesnt arrive in the area.
Spring for me is now, when the deciduous mob are anticipating the rain and the evergreen mob are trying to cut out their light, ( They've suffered to gain that advantage). But here it's the BUILDUP"
Hot as hell, big humidity and clouds that build and dont deliver. Crime goes up, insanity rears its head, When the wet breaks it is a happy world up here. Everyone is friendly and relaxed. It is the build up that is most likely to kill you.