La Nina = the Girl Child in Spanish, means a great probability for good rains for the inlands of the country, not so hot a Summer, La Nina is the opposite of El Nino ( the Boy Child in Spanish) which usually means dry to drought conditions and very hot summers.

We have become familiar with the term here in the States, over the last several years.

@AmyTheBruce I did not know that.

@Cyklone I can't fault you for thinking that we might not know. We ARE notoriously self-centered and blithely unaware of many things going on in the rest of the world. It's embarrassing, really.

But weather patterns affect us too, and like any good narcissist we do pay attention to things that affect us.

@AmyTheBruce

Yep, unlike 'city folks, out here we are taught from childhood to 'read' the signs, etc, that nature shows.
For example, Busy ants around their nests means rain is probably coming soo, snails climbing high up walls and fence then sheltering in their shells usually means the rains are going to heavy or even flooding.
If you're lost in the bush, watch the flocks of birds in the mornings and evenings, they will lead you to water just as do the 'roos and emus. Trees, especially the Gum Trees will always grow biggest around 'soaks' in creeks, just dig down in the sand and you'll find a enough water to drink/quench your thirst.
It's a bloody pity that so many from the "Big Smoke' don't bother to learn these things because IF they did then there would better chances of their survival IF they got lost out here in the 'Back of Nowhere.'

@Triphid Yes, we live in a city, but it's a small city where wilderness is just a few minutes away. We have deer visit us regularly, & lots of other wildlife is very nearby.

Yep, BUT NEVER try making "Galah Stew" ( Galah, a native member of the Parrot family) unless you also have available 1 axe head and 2 lumps of rock....LOL.
Recipe for Galah Stew.
Take a large pot full of water, bring it to the boil.
Toss in 1 axe head, 2 lumps of rock, 1 Galah, plucked and gutted,
let it boil until the axe head and the rocks are soft,
Toss away the Galah and eat the axe head and the rocks....LOL.

@Triphid sounds like a " crazy " form of nourishment.

@Triphid I had thought a bird is
not a form of NOURISHMENT,,,,‍

@BBJong Depends on your take on what a 'bird' is, i.e. IF it has legs, no feathers, breasts, etc, then in Aussie parlance it is a 'bird, sheilla, a nice bit of fluff, etc, etc, OR IF it has feathers then it IS a member of the Avian Species. LOL
A Galah is a feathered bird and about as tasteless as an old boot and the meat from it is about as tough to chew ( even if boiled for a week) as a sheet of corrugated iron.
But they do make excellent pets and can be taught to talk very well.

@Triphid I do understand 🦩,,,
about is beef~ at least