The Australian Summer

15 years ago

I know how she feels. Truly poetic - captures the real spirit of summer.

It's also more concise than Dorothea Mackellar's effort, "I Love A Sunburnt Country" ('My Country').

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jaykay21089

15 years ago

Haha,

You just made my day.

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Michael Silvester

15 years ago

Ha Ha...

I bet all the Yanks wish they were in Oz right now

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Ken Reno 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Michael Silvester

Ha Ha...

I bet all the Yanks wish they were in Oz right now

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Lynette Crase

15 years ago

Well, that sums it up exactly. It's been hotter than hell here today. 43 degrees celsius (109F) and it is supposed to be 44 degrees tomorrow. All I can say is, thank God for the air conditioner.

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kazakhan 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Lynette Crase

Well, that sums it up exactly. It's been hotter than hell here today. 43 degrees celsius (109F) and it is supposed to be 44 degrees tomorrow.

We had a few of those 40+ days here last week. It almost reached 49 in my shed.
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grumpyb

15 years ago

Its still Bloody hot up here on Mid North Coast of NSW
I spoke to my brother in UK this morning and he definitely wishes he were here as its FREEZING over there.
As someone else said Thank God there is air conditioning

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TKO 15 years ago

2 straight days of 40C followed by 2 more days of 43C. Got to love our sunburnt country.
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Craig McPherson

15 years ago

It is 9:30 pm here in Melbourne and still 41C (107F)
Next 3 days are going to be low 40's

It is times like this you especially feel for the elderly.

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grumpyb

15 years ago

Thanks very much Craig I am 62 so I guess you would include me

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Craig McPherson

15 years ago

I work in a pub Grumpy and they all come in the morning and just sit there to beat the heat. We give them soft drinks or coffee etc when they want them.

After all they have done for my generation (48yo) and my kids it is a drop in the ocean to what they deserve.

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Anna Johnson

15 years ago

I can't remember the last time we had so many 40+ days in a row here in Melbourne.

But don't worry, as usual there will be a cool change. Apparently it will be 35 on Saturday and 31 on Sunday.

I never thought I would ever be looking forward to a mere 35 degrees...

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AndrewCavanagh 15 years ago

Actually it's nice and cool here in the tropics in Cairns where it's been cloudy and raining.

Beautiful weather for summer.

Also right near the beach to cool off if it gets too hot.

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15 years ago

Originally Posted by Anna Johnson

I can't remember the last time we had so many 40+ days in a row here in Melbourne.

But don't worry, as usual there will be a cool change. Apparently it will be 35 on Saturday and 31 on Sunday.

I never thought I would ever be looking forward to a mere 35 degrees...

Anna, I heard you guys in Adelaide are having a shocker with the heat down there. Air cons i hear just couldn't cope. I live in the Blue Mountains,Sydney and was pretty hot here also. But not 40+. Ouch.

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Rachel Incoll

15 years ago

Apparently it ended up hitting 45.7C (114.3F) here in SA yesterday afternoon and they're forecasting 45C again for today

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...at 6am this morning (half an hour ago) it was already 36C (96.8F) and the sun's barely even up!

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vicone 15 years ago

It's only 22C (71F) at 7.30 am on the Central Coast. Low humidity. Looks like a balmy day ahead.

I'm glad I'm not playing tennis at the Australian Open in Melbourne.

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- ExRat 15 years ago
  
  Hi,
  
  Let me speak on behalf of all the Yanks...
  
  Let me speak on behalf of a Brit (me)...
  
  <-blue with cold, green with envy
  
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  Kim Standerline 15 years ago
  
  Your not kiddin
  
  I don't think my heating has been off all week
  
  Gosh what I wouldn't give for a bit of sunshine
  
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  Let me speak on behalf of a Brit (me)...
  
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Sheryl Polomka

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Rachel Incoll

Apparently it ended up hitting 45.7C (114.3F) here in SA yesterday afternoon and they're forecasting 45C again for today

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...at 6am this morning (half an hour ago) it was already 36C (96.8F) and the sun's barely even up!

My husband is a plumber and they get sent home when the temperature reaches 37C, he was home by 8am this morning. He was home by 8:30am yesterday morning. Looks like I have to put up with him being home all week

We have lost 2 of our pet rats this week though due to the heat, we have 1 left and have been doing everything we can to keep him cool. Frozen ice bottles in his cage and wet towels over the top (that we need to re-wet about every hour) but they seem to be doing the trick.

I like the heat - but not this hot.

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vicone 15 years ago

Sheryl, get your pet rat an icy cold female. That'll keep him cool.

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Darrell Hagan 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Sheryl Polomka

.....My husband is a plumber and they get sent home when the temperature reaches 37C.....

Perhaps a silly question, but why?
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- Michael Silvester 15 years ago
  
  Come On...
  
  You guys Complaining about the heat need to harden up.
  
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  Craig McPherson 15 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Michael Silvester
  
  Come On...
  
  You guys Complaining about the heat need to harden up.
  
  Take Care,
  
  Michael Silvester
  
  G'day Mick,
  I suppose what makes it worse it that my power went off from 5pm till 10pm
  I can handle the Air Con going off but I draw the line when I have warm beer.
  
  ps: 10:30 pm and still 33C
  
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  ExRat 15 years ago
  
  Hi Craig,
  
  I can handle the Air Con going off but I draw the line when I have warm beer.
  
  Classic
  
  Hi Kim,
  
  Your not kiddin
  
  I don't think my heating has been off all week
  
  Gosh what I wouldn't give for a bit of sunshine
  
  We're getting a bit of 'bracing' sunshine down here occasionally. I caught some the other day, spread myself out and soaked up the vit D and I could honestly feel it making me feel better and burning away the S.A.D. syndrome.
  
  What I would give now to be sitting outside the Stamford Arms in Scarborough Beach, (the Western Australia Scarborough) keeping my fluid levels up and waiting for the Freo doctor to blow in at 2pm....
  
  We had a few 45 degree days there and it was fine, as long as you didn't try and do anything except enjoy it.
  
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- Sheryl Polomka 15 years ago
  
  My husband is a plumber and they get sent home when the temperature reaches 37C
  
  Originally Posted by Darrell Hagan
  
  Perhaps a silly question, but why?
  
  Because its too hot to work outside in the heat!!! It's a union trade thing I believe that once it reaches that temperature - for health and safety reasons - they go home.
  
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Audrey Harvey

15 years ago

Great poem!

You South Aussies must be melting!! Overcast, cool with a few showers in Brissie, really pleasant.

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Talltom1

15 years ago

Let me speak on behalf of all the Yanks...

Here in Detroit, MI, we'd be having a heat wave if it even approached freezing 32F or 0 C

Send some of that global warming in my direction - please!!!

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Rachel Incoll 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Talltom1

Send some of that global warming in my direction - please!!!

Willingly...I'd be more than happy to go 50/50 . Sound fair?
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muzzi

15 years ago

LOL!

It's not that funny when you have to deal with it, luckily it's much cooler this week than last!

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Sheryl Polomka

15 years ago

Oh no way Ivan - I don't want any baby ratatoulle's

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15 years ago

It was 40C+ last Sat here in Sydney!

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jonhel

15 years ago

Certainly enjoyed my journey home from work yesterday in the 40+ heat on my 50 cc scooter and about to do it again at 4:00 pm.

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Leanne King

15 years ago

37 in Sydney today and I feel v hot and sweaty. Why doesn't someone make a sweat band for your mouse?

Great poem Ron

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Mark Coverdale 15 years ago

I moved from Melbourne to Brisbane about a year ago, the weather was the other way around then. Global warming is taking hold?
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15 years ago

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sal64

15 years ago

Ha. Good to see so many Melburnians on the forum. Man it's hot!

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Anna Johnson

15 years ago

Who woulda thought... a heat wave has brought all the Aussie warriors together... It warms my already-excessively-warm heart.

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ExRat 15 years ago

Hi Michael,

You guys Complaining about the heat need to harden up.

Well, I didn't want to mention it, but as you know we love the banter over here - and for freezing cold Brits bracing ourselves for this -

Temperatures to plunge next week - Yahoo! News UK

...to hear all these whingeing Aussies is the ultimate 'cuss' (friendly banter style).

Hi Sal64,

Ha. Good to see so many Melburnians on the forum. Man it's hot!

The world's eyes are on you - I was gutted to see Helena lose - she's hot! Oi! Oi! Oi!

Hi Sheryl,

We have lost 2 of our pet rats this week though due to the heat

Sorry to hear about your exrats.
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  Originally Posted by ExRat
  
  ...to hear all these whingeing Aussies is the ultimate 'cuss' (friendly banter style).
  
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lifestyleplus77 15 years ago

I know that it is uncomfortable for many people but the weather here right now is just so lovely so balmy and nostalgic.. reminds one of the carefree days of childhoood that even a simple walk in the park can be a pleasure that takes you back to the heady days of just having pure fun in the sun.
Nothing more and nothing less.. just the joy of the sun beaming down on you giving you that invigorating feeling..

enough!

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- vicone 15 years ago
  
  The heat in Victoria (a southern State) has had its nasty side - the 47C (116F) temperatures have brought bush fires which have destroyed houses and many are dead or missing. Whole townships have been destroyed.
  
  In the north (Queensland), they've been hit with torrential rain and floods.
  
  Ironically, both extremes are happening at the same time.
  
  In the Sydney area it's been hot but manageable. Probably about 33-35C today.
  
  I hope those in the south and north fare better today.
  
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Anna Johnson

15 years ago

Hi Sheryl,

Quote:
We have lost 2 of our pet rats this week though due to the heat
Sorry to hear about your exrats.

I was wrong. This heat wave hasn't just brought the Aussie Warriors together. It's brought an exrat and a family with dead rats together.

Sheryl, meet your new rat. He likes the hot weather. And if Jelena can come around to pat him even better...

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Sheryl Polomka

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Anna Johnson

I was wrong. This heat wave hasn't just brought the Aussie Warriors together. It's brought an exrat and a family with dead rats together.

Sheryl, meet your new rat. He likes the hot weather. And if Jelena can come around to pat him even better...

Oh great - a bit better to look at than the old rats too

If Jelena comes around, he might have to fight my husband for her I would think!

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Ron Kerr

15 years ago

The sun has just risen and it is only 31C (88 F).

Can someone from the frozen north lend me a jacket?

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vicone 15 years ago

ExRat wrote:

We had a few 45 degree days there and it was fine, as long as you didn't try and do anything except enjoy it.

I notice that I don't get nearly as much work done in the hot weather - spend too much time in forums, etc.

It occurred to me that, since it's cooler in the British Isles, this fed the work ethic and the rise of the British Empire, eagerness to explore, willingness to send convicts on exotic holidays, etc.

On the other hand, if those from hot, humid climates, such as India, had invented air conditioning we might now be speaking Hindi!

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Adventurer

15 years ago

Hi Ron

Thank goodness for a freezing 31 degrees. We should all move north. It is hot up there but there is plenty of water with all the never ending floods.

Suzanne in Melbourne

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Ron Kerr

15 years ago

Originally Posted by Adventurer

Hi Ron

Thank goodness for a freezing 31 degrees. We should all move north. It is hot up there but there is plenty of water with all the never ending floods.

Suzanne in Melbourne

I lived in Darwin a long time ago and there is plenty of water and the temperature is never as hot as we have experienced, but you have to LOVE high humidity along with fairly high temperatures. They do not call the build-up to the wet season as the suicide season for nothing.

In Adelaide we had a sub-40 C day on Tuesday and another forecast for Wednesday; it is feeling a little chilly!

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M. Node

15 years ago

Hhhhhhhhm....

I feel the pain.

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15 years ago

I live in Europe. But I've seen some Australian Open games where players feel bad under the sun. It's dangerous!

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Thomas 15 years ago

Whingin' *******s!

(Shit, even my text is turning blue with cold).
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kel 15 years ago

Well, we just set a new all time record here in Melbourne today - 46.4 C, hottest day since records began 150 years ago.........phew.............
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halfpoint 15 years ago

I just wanted to send out my condolences to anybody who has friends or family involved in the bush fire's throughout Victoria and New South Wales at the moment.. It's a devestating tragedy.

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Theresea Hughes 15 years ago

While the rest of the world has ice storms and blackouts, we are having heatwaves of 42C 100+++++++F for over two weeks now, and blackouts from bushfires etc.

Last night was suddenly so cold I had to have the electric blankets on.. what the heck is going on nowdays :confused:

The bushfires are a total disaster here, less than 90k from where I live.
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Lynette Crase

15 years ago

Ah, finally, the cool change is here. Just 22C today. Loving every minute of it after the last two weeks.

The aircon died a week ago, was supposed to be fixed on Tuesday, the repairman didn't come til Thursday and then he had the wrong part, now won't be fixed til Monday, supposedly.

So it has been absolute hell here the last week.

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15 years ago

Hi Ivan,

The heat in Victoria (a southern State) has had its nasty side - the 47C (116F) temperatures have brought bush fires which have destroyed houses and many are dead or missing. Whole townships have been destroyed.

In the north (Queensland), they've been hit with torrential rain and floods.

Ironically, both extremes are happening at the same time.

In the Sydney area it's been hot but manageable. Probably about 33-35C today.

I hope those in the south and north fare better today

Yeah, beyond a laugh and a joke, I hope everyone is safe and well.

But you gotta understand, some of us are seriously jealous, in the nicest possible way.

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15 years ago

Its raining here tomorrow - yippeee - after stinking heat.

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ExRat 15 years ago

Hi Gareth,

Its raining here tomorrow - yippeee - after stinking heat.

Everbody swap places....now!

You'd love the complete lack of stinking heat and abundance of rain we get here.

Edit -

Just saw this -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7877178.stm

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Craig McPherson

15 years ago

On a sad note, yesterday, Sat, was the hottest day ever in Victoria.
46.7 or 116F with massive northerly winds.

There are currently 10 Major bushfires burning out of control around the state.

As of 9PM Sunday night there is 76 confirmed dead as a result.
Over 680 homes lost and 1,000's of hectares of land burnt.

Several small country towns have been erased from the map.

Truly tragic day in Victorian history.

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Michelle Adams 15 years ago

Originally Posted by Craig McPherson

Truly tragic day in Victorian history.

That it is Craig.

The news footage is almost unbearable to sit through. We're a good hours drive from the worst hit areas but the smoke in the sky is an eerie reminder of what is currently devastating our beautiful country and it's communities.

The fact we've lost our beloved past news reader Brian Naylor and his wife in these fires makes it all the more gut wrenching.

Thoughts and prayers to all those affected.
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kumisi69

15 years ago

you better believe it, it's sinkin hot here in Queensland, all i can say thank goodness for air conditioning

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