The joys of living in Australia

[Marc Montgomery]

Hard to think which is a bit harder to take...40 degrees, or =30

With 40 there are possible options of moving slowly to keep from heat stroke etc, staying in shade, jumping in a pool, and of course old reliable -cold beer. ( or G&T)
And then there's the fact you dont wear much..not bad if there are shapely women in the area...

with -30, you have to shovel out the driveway when the snowplough passes and piles up mounds of snow at the end of the drive after you/ve just spend an hour or more shovelling, even with a snow blower..

Then if theres been lots of snow, you might have worry about shovelling off the roof.
Then you hope the car starts, coz at that cold an old battery gets pretty weak.
And of course for clothes you need thick everything, boots gloves, scarf, mits, hats etc.. of course once in awhile there's an ice storm that knocks out power for a few days....which makes things very uncomfortable with no heat in the house..

BUT at no time are we really in danger of crocodiles, freshwater biting fish, very limited risk of sharks, almost no chance of poison spiders, snakes. and no chance of cane toads..

[rob love]

I just got back from a week in Cuba. Kind of the best of both worlds there. Nice temps (daytime highs of 28, night time lows of 21) and they have long since killed any natural living creatures on the Island...either poisonous or edible.

Only downside is the food.....bland bland bland.

Just so nobody gets jealous of my vacation, I'll let you know I did manage to sunburn my ankles.

[Little Jo]

Hi Guys

The 40'sC temperature is bearable if you are doing nothing, having a cool beer in a nice air conditioned room watching a good old WW2 movie on TV. However I am constantly looking out the window for smoke on these hot days with strong northerly wind. I asked my dad once after we immigrated from Holland if he missed the snow, his answer was, nice to look at, but he said he will never miss it. The downside is I am in the process of replacing the head gasket on my 1942 MB Jeep and it is so hot in the garage I had to give it up and stay indoors with the air conditioner set at a nice cool 20C.

Sorry Keith, no respite until next Saturday. Like your snake, hibernate with a nice coldie and hope those firebugs stay indoors

Cheers

Tony

[Ken Hughes]

And i was complaining about bloody rain.
Spiders and snakes is why i never moved to Australia from NZ back in the 70s when i had the chance,also cant handle the heat!,
With the extreme temps you guys are having I WONT COMPLAIN AGAIN,cheers guys.

[Keith Webb]

It's now 43C here, the car thermometer is a couple of degrees out, there is a grass fire out of control at Kangaroo Ground just to the north of us, so we are keeping a close watch on what's going on.

[Little Jo]

Originally Posted by Keith Webb

It's now 43C here, the car thermometer is a couple of degrees out, there is a grass fire out of control at Kangaroo Ground just to the north of us, so we are keeping a close watch on what's going on.

Hi Keith

We hit 45C today and the weather forecast is for 45C tomorrow, 46C on Thursday and 43C on Friday, so my friend I am sorry but it will hit you the next day. I suggest you stock up with cold drinks and stay indoors with the air conditioner. We are receiving reports of bush fires due to lighting strikes.

Cheers

Tony

[hrpearce]

A nice barmy 36.7c here today. I had to add hydrolyte to my water a couple of times spraying in Betty's hills.
Lucky escape Keith, so far I have only sprayed one eastern brown this year to get him to change direction.