[calex59]

Southern Hemisphere, seasons are reversed from ours.

For you and anyone else who missed the point, Woodman. Regardless if their seasons are reversed from ours, the spring equinox in Australia exactly coincides with our Autumnal equinox, therefore the time elapsed from their spring should be exactly the same amount of time that has elapsed from our Autumn, and that is what Izzy was referring to. Therefore if we are only about 3 weeks into autumn then Australia can only be about 3 weeks into their spring, not over a month into it.

Apparently Izzy thinks FReepers have brains enough to figure that type of thing out, but evidently some don't.

[Woodman]

Apparently you are missing the point. Spring is a relative term, the equinoxes are an absolute. The article did not state x number of days past the equinox, it was relative to their perspective of spring.