December has closed its famous national parks off limits
RECORD breaking rains, flash flooding A record amount of rainfall in Australia the highest monthly total for December has closed its famous national parks off limits 'until further notice' Rain cascades down Uluru in Australia’s Northern after record-breaking rainfall in central Australia over Christmas. Australia is the driest of all inhabited continents, with its climates varying markedly over time and space. At any given moment, large parts of the country may be in drought. Research has showed that major droughts include clusters in the mid-1860s, 1877, 1888, 1895–1903, 1911–16, 1918–20 and variously between 1926–30, 1934–44, 1944–54, 1958–68 and 1972–81. Australian Genealogical RECORD breaking rains, flash flooding Australian Genealogical