In February I did some bushwalking in Tasmania.
Locals were effusive in their warnings about the dangers of the sun. Everyone there knows people who have skin cancer.
But if you LOVE the sun …
The map shows irradiance that reached the ground in the world, for the years 1990 to 2004…
The dark red spots getting the highest degree of solar energy. …
“I love a sunburnt country,
A land of sweeping plains,
Of rugged mountain ranges,
Of droughts and flooding rainâ€Excerpt from a 1904 poem about Australia, by Dorothy McKeller.
A Sunburnt Country’s Embarrassment of Energy Riches (TreeHugger)
Our list of best hikes in Australasia.
besthike.com 