Autumn in Summer

That's what this oak tree thinks anyway. Too many over 40º days has sent this tree into heat shock and premature Autumn mode. It has lost a lot of leaves already - hence the brown carpet of leaves on the ground in this image - and the rest are going to drop soon.

Many of the other trees and plants in my garden look very sad indeed - I think my citrus trees are history (though some plants do come back from what looks like certain death once it starts raining again, so you never know).

Cooler today, but it was a very hot and sticky night. Lots of fires burning across the South East of Australia.