Extended summer sends 'mixed messages' to Wollongong plants

Kate McIlwain
Updated April 12 2018 - 5:10pm, first published 5:00pm
Aloe there: Botanic Garden acting curator James Beattie surveys flowering Aloe succulents, which have been bamboozled by the long stretch of summer.
Aloe there: Botanic Garden acting curator James Beattie surveys flowering Aloe succulents, which have been bamboozled by the long stretch of summer.

The record for the hottest April day in the Illawarra has fallen for the second time this week, with the Albion Park weather station recording a new high of 34.8 degrees just after midday on Thursday.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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