With hotter temperatures and more extreme weather becoming a fixture of Australia's holiday season, does this signal the end of the great Aussie summer? Should we schedule our 'peak' summer — holidays, school breaks and sporting events — according to safety rather than tradition?

With hotter temperatures and more extreme weather becoming a fixture of Australia's holiday season, does this signal the end of the great Aussie summer?



Should we schedule our 'peak' summer — holidays, school breaks and sporting events — according to safety rather than tradition?