No problem with the Pagan festivals. They are all seasonally based. The sabatt we celebrated last week in the southern hemisphere was Litha, or the Summer Solstice. Northern hemisphere pagans would be celebrating Yule, or the Winter Festival. May Day, or Beltane, that's celebrated on the last day of October down here, but up there, yes it's in May.
I'm guessing that a large part of the confusion from northern hemisphere dwellers is due to the world revolving around them (I don't mean that in a nasty way). You guys wouldn't see much southern hemisphere TV or practice many southern hemisphere traditions. It's just not the way the world works. I think that Australians take for granted the knowledge that the seasons are reversed and asume that everyone would know that. When you think about the Australian history, we were settled by people from the north, so the knowledge of the difference is over 200 years old here.
Yes, I laughed when I read the question too, especially when I compared it to my teacher President, but then when I thought about why the question might need to be asked, it kinda made sense.
1st lady
PS it's summer here atm!