Autumn in Australia officially begins on 1 March (given that Australia uses the meteorological reckoning of seasons rather than the astronomical season convention, which would see the seasons change at the autumn equinox on 20 March. That said, older calendars used on Country in this land have more than just four seasons and are based on millennia of carefully observed experiences) – all of which is a convoluted way of saying that technically, March doesn’t fit within our summer season guide at all.
But for Australians familiar with the recurrent and successive days of baking heat that regularly return with a vengeance at this time of year, March definitely still feels summery – thus its inclusion in this final part of our three-part summer festivals overview.
