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I grew up in rural Australia (now a long way from there) and one of my memory triggers is the sound of old corrugated iron ‘ticking’ and ‘pinging’ after a day

I grew up in rural Australia (now a long way from there) and one of my memory triggers is the sound of old corrugated iron ‘ticking’ and ‘pinging’ after a day in the hot sun.

dkdbejwi383 5y ago
Yeah, that and the lovely tap-tap-tap of the rain on a tin roof
- taneq 5y ago
  There's even a song about it. :) (OK maybe more than just one...)
- lostlogin 5y ago
  I’m a New Zealander and laughed at this - of course the Australian remembers what it does with heat. Over here it’s massive rainfall, not heat, which generates the noise.