Yes Oz has a Winter

The sky is pregnant with a swelling belly full of southern hemisphere storms.
It's been raining for 3 days now.
In his book on australia, bill bryson comments on how no one knows why Captain Cook decided to call this part of australia new south wales.
I think i've figured it out, it's wet, it's hilly and most of the people on the road drive as if they're drunk.

So, while the weather has once again spoiled my plans to actually leave the house and see some of the many sights in Sydney... I've had to find other ways to amuse myself.
What better way to do so, than to prepare myself for my next meeting with one of Australias poisionious animals. So I got out the "St Johns Ambulance, Australian First Aid" book, from the library.

Don't be scared by the list, in most of the cases the treatment is the same. Death. Slow and agonising.
Unless of course you happen to get bit/stung/impaled next to a St Johns Ambulance.