Great news on the radio today as I awoke to a beautiful spring morning in Sydney...
"The North Queensland Growers are calling a bumper crop of Mangoes for this summer!"
Aussies love their summer salads on a hot day (to accompany the BBQ meat!) but there is nothing that sets off a summer's day better than a sweet juicy mango to cool you off.
The earliest shipments are often found in a few weeks on the city roadsides where the country opportunists sell the early picks by the box-load off the back of a truck to those (like me) who can't wait to get into them again! Everyone wins as each mango this way works out at less than a $1 each instead of the $4 you will pay once they eventually hit the retail stores.
To complement that news on the way through the city afterwards today there was some spring warmth in the air and the welcome sight on a warm day of the girls in their summer clothes around Sydney town. This week marks Fashion Week here in Sydney - so the ladies will be taking centre stage. Makes you feel alive again to shake off winter and look forward to a another hot Sydney summer!
As for the sounds of summer I will draw on one of my favorite pieces by the Australian country artist Sam Hawksley. We do look forward to our cricket on the ABC radio - it's an Australian institution!
Many prefer to listen to the radio rather than watch a test match on TV. One of the many delightful sounds of summer in Australia to look forward to 'cricket on the radio'... can't wait!!!
SOUNDS LIKE SUMMER
Sam Hawksley
Feelin still a little foggy in the head
Last night hanging over my bed
I've got no clue or no idea
Just what the time is dear?
Last night hanging over my bed
I've got no clue or no idea
Just what the time is dear?
At least I know where I am
that little, I understand
I listen closely and it’s oh so clear
just what day we have here
that little, I understand
I listen closely and it’s oh so clear
just what day we have here
Oh it Sounds like a summer, Sunday to me
Cicadas and their symphony
Cricket on the ABC
Oh it sounds like Summer to me
Cicadas and their symphony
Cricket on the ABC
Oh it sounds like Summer to me
Kids playing in the yard next door
Waves crashing down on the shore
The subs in some hotted up car
A coupla guys strumming on guitars
Waves crashing down on the shore
The subs in some hotted up car
A coupla guys strumming on guitars
Ring pull cracking open a beer
Dogs barkin ,ringing in my ear
Mower blades on an uncut lawn
One thing I know for sure
Dogs barkin ,ringing in my ear
Mower blades on an uncut lawn
One thing I know for sure
Oh it Sounds like a summer Sunday to me
Leaves blowin in the breeze
Radio says its 40 degrees
Oh it sounds like Summer to me
Leaves blowin in the breeze
Radio says its 40 degrees
Oh it sounds like Summer to me
Sunday morning it’s a sweet sound
Nothing to do got some friends comin round
Monday morning ill feel bad
But these are the best times I'll ever have
Nothing to do got some friends comin round
Monday morning ill feel bad
But these are the best times I'll ever have
The Cicadas and their symphony
Cricket on my TV
Oh it sounds like Summer to me
Cricket on my TV
Oh it sounds like Summer to me
Great song too!!! - download it today - GF
