Winter Start Australia Site

Bring on the solstice.

Conversely, in Tasmania, the festival embraces the pagan heart of the solstice. The "Winter Feast" serves up blood sausage and fire pits, while the Nude Solstice Swim sees hundreds of brave (or mad) souls strip down and plunge into the 12°C (53°F) Derwent River at dawn. It is a raw, visceral acknowledgment that the darkness is here, but it will pass. winter start australia

Winter starts in Australia not with a whimper, but with the click of a heater turning on, the zipper of a puffer jacket closing, and the quiet, collective agreement that, for the next three months, we will be very, very brave about the cold. Bring on the solstice