1st November 2005 Godalming, Surrey, England. Growing up in Queensland left me with an ignorance of the beauty of climatic seasonal changes, for in Cairns all that you have is the Wet and the Dry seasons. Which means that for most of the year, it's varying degrees of hot and there's very little rain to be had; perfect beach weather. Then for about two or three months after March, the Wet Season kicks in, heralding almost non-stop rain, the occasional cyclone, a constant humidity which is thick enough to choke upon, and usually a fortnight of what we innocents bemoan as being 'cold'. But our trees are forever green and unchanging. They may go through their own brief little phases that seem unconnected with the weather, dropping their leaves about as quickly as they grow new
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