Across
- 3. Neither day nor night, just in between
- 4. Chopped comfort, stacked and seasoned
- 7. Celestial jigsaw formed by pinpricks of ancient light
- 9. Alive, but waiting
- 12. Laughing local with a tree-top view
- 13. Essential bush kettle, usually whistling by the fire
- 16. Instrument that breathes ancient song through hollow wood
- 18. The invisible thief that steals warmth
- 19. The science that looks up but keeps us grounded in fact
- 21. Secret layers that fend off frost
- 24. Forecasts formed from clouds, currents and calculations
- 25. The barrier between cosy and cold
- 27. Temporary, fleeting, and tied to time
- 28. Sharp and stimulating, like a winter stroll
- 29. Where stews simmer under stars
- 30. The celestial pause when daylight reaches its annual minimum
Down
- 1. Golden blossom once worn in battle and bloom
- 2. Twice-yearly event when light and dark strike a balance
- 5. Australia's untamed interior, red and remote
- 6. Art of living well beyond four walls
- 8. Only truly alive when the sun is asleep
- 10. A hardy genus with Aussie roots
- 11. Wind that whispers winter from the icy south
- 14. It clings, it kisses, it feeds off trees
- 15. Guiding pattern etched into southern skies
- 17. Rain’s softer, more persistent cousin
- 20. Nature’s pause button during bitter seasons
- 22. Aboriginal invention that always finds its way home
- 23. Nature’s outerwear, sometimes shed in cold
- 26. The sun’s unscheduled winter break