"Kay" wrote in message
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In article , Helen
writes
Although the Northern part of Tasmania is rather as the BBC weather pages
stated, there is quite a difference between the North and South, and even
more so between the mainland of Tasmania and the little islands off the
south coast. There is nothing between them and Antarctica, and the winds
can
be freezing!!! ( That's why I like Sydney ): )

OK, fair enough. But Scotland is considerably more north than Tasmania
is south, and which means much shorter days in winter with all that
means in terms of long cold wet spells. If you could post more details
of what the climate is actually like in the bit of Tasmania you have in
mind, someone here might be able to decide whether their climate is like
the Tasmanian one.

btw, the convention in this ng is to bottom post, and if you top post,
it messes up the sequence of messages.

"Kay" wrote in message
...
In article , Helen
writes
We have friends moving to an island off the south coast of Tasmania,
which
is cold and rocky. I wonder if a kind person who lives in Scotland or
the
Shetland isles could give me some hints on what plants would grow in a
cold
climate?


I think we may have different interpretations of the word 'cold' ;-)

From the BBC weather pages:

"Tasmania's climate is strongly influenced by the relative warmth of
the
southern ocean so that winters are mild at sea level and summers rarely
excessively hot. Its climate and weather throughout the year are rather
similar to that of northwest Europe, particularly Brittany or northwest
Spain."


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Kay
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Kay
"Do not insult the crocodile until you have crossed the river"


The last I heard from there was the maximum temperature was about
8deg.cel. and the minimum -1 or -2. This is of course late winter. The soil
is very shallow and rocky.