Season Dates: Australia

| Season | Approx. Months | What’s happening | |--------|---------------|------------------| | Birak | Dec–Jan | Hot, dry – fires used for hunting | | Bunuru | Feb–Mar | Hottest part of year – coastal living | | Djeran | Apr–May | Cooler, dewy mornings – red flowers bloom | | Makuru | Jun–Jul | Cold, wet – peak mating season for birds | | Djilba | Aug–Sep | Warming, wildflowers explode | | Kambarang | Oct–Nov | Dry, hot – snake season, longer days |

| Season | Start Date | End Date | |--------|------------|----------| | Summer | December 1 | February 28/29 | | Autumn | March 1 | May 31 | | Winter | June 1 | August 31 | | Spring | September 1 | November 30 | season dates australia

If you ask an Australian “When does summer start?” you might get two very different answers. One comes from the calendar. The other comes from the bush, the beach, and the Indigenous knowledge systems that have read the land for 65,000 years. | Season | Approx