Why is Australia so overwhelmingly dry when nearby places like Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Indonesia, and Tasmania are all so wet and lush?
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Other people have touched on the science, but I think a lot of people don’t realise Australia is a HUGE continent. Australia and the USA are similar in size, in terms of land mass.
Northern parts of Australia (such as Darwin and surrounds, Far North Queensland, etc) are like Papua New Guinea & Indonesia in being wet and lush, but travel thousands of miles south to where the fires are and the climate/landscape is completely different.
Your question is a bit like asking why America is so hot and dry if nearby Canada is cold and snowy. Or why America is so snowy and cold when nearby Mexico is tropical.
*edited for clarity
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