aussietobe

It was 27 in Perth today, and will be 27 tomorrow. The ave temp in Perth in summer is 31 degrees (max) There are some hot days here and there, but they are far from the norm.

LanceMorgan

South East Queensland. Beautiful one day - perfect the next

I spent 4 years there and could not argue with that.

Alfresco

And where are you now?

EDIT: Ah - I see you live in Thailand. Why so?

Yorky1969

Geeez......I have just applied for a visa in Perth. I need to stop reading these posts I think. They just make me fed up.

Dreamy

We lived just south of the Sunshine Coast for almost 2 years. I was really worried about how I would cope with the heat, especially being the delicate English Rose I am, who couldn't go anywhere near the Med through the summer months.

But I coped - and for 9 months of the year the weather was absolutely perfectly gorgeous - some of the remaining 3 months I couldn't venture far from the air con unit, but it wasn't every day and I just made sure I got everything I needed to do early on!

We've just moved to the Blue Mountains - couple of hot days so far but beautiful the rest of the time. Ok, ok, so it was only 2 weeks ago we moved, but hey, I'm doing 'glass full'

asprilla

In this county that is "too hot":
- went to a garden party on friday night (we cooled ourselves down with some cold beers)
- xmas bbq on saturday with the kids running around in the garden after dark, playing on the trampoline etc
- sunday went to the beach on bribie then sat in the beer garden at the pacific for a couple of hours.
- monday got home from work and took the little one for a swim in the neighbours pool.


It IS actually possible to do stuff over here, even in the middle of the day. But most people stay in the shade between 12 and 3pm.

IndieG

The weather is ever so lovely today - raining and not cold Hope we continue to have many such days in Mel...

kips

Been here six years and I struggle with summers here too. Lived near Wollongong on the South Coast (2 hours south of Sydney) for 4 years and now live in a small coastal village 35km north of Coffs Harbour on the Mid North Coast, NSW. Coffs Habour, according to a UN report, is supposed to have one of the most temperate climates in the world. Hogwash. We've had 5 floods in 12 months - the last of which made headlines in the UK -and been caught up in a mini tornado which was very frightening. Since the last flood three weeks ago we've had no rain and temperatures of 29-30C for the past two weeks. It's not just the fact it is so hot that is the problem. But that we have to contend with bush fires (we've had a few so far and summer has only just started), drought, mosquitoes, deadly snakes, poisonous spiders, flies and in the summer you can't swim on many beaches in Queensland because of the poisonous jellyfish. The box jellyfish is one of the most dangerous creatures known to man. The pain is excruciating if you are stung by one. The advice in Australia is to stay out of the sun in the summer between 10am and 3pm. I don't want to be stuck indoors for all those hours when I am not at work. It's all very well saying put the air con but it is very expensive to run and not very environmentally-friendly either. The cost of electricity is more expensive in regional Oz than the city and we've just had a 20% hike in prices. We don't have air conditioning,our hot water is solar powered and all our lights are low-energy bulbs because it's a new house and yet our bills is still astronomical. When its very hot you also have to be very careful about how you store and cook food to avoid food poisoning. I am also fed up of having to water the garden everyday. We need rain desperately but not a six-month supply in one hit !!!!

ABCDiamond

It doesn't stop many people swimming in South East Queensland. Maybe we don't get them down this way ?

Pretty common up in Far North QLD though....

http://www.reef.crc.org.au/publicati.../Jellyfish.htm


and
http://www.qldbeaches.com/stingers.html


and for anyone going to Japan.... Now THAT is some jellyfish

moneypenny20

If you're near Coffs then I don't quite see why you're worried about the odd bluebottle swarm up in QLD. They are relatively rare anyway and the SLS always tell you when they are coming. It sounds horrendous where you are, I rarely see a spider and have only seen one harmless snake around our property. It must be cooler down where you are. I get the impression that you don't actually enjoy living here, never had a problem with food going off, anything that could go off is in the fridge or freezer and they both do their job.

I would also wonder why you're watering the garden if there is little water. Leave it, if it dies it's not the end of the world, and most stuff actually just lies dormant until you get rain and then it all picks up again. We've never watered and have a fair few FNQ plants put in by the previous owner and we were told they would die immediately if we didn't water them. They've gone months and months without water, as soon as a bit of rain comes, they're back to normal.

To be honest, unless it's your grey water, I have really strong feelings about 'proper' water being wasted on plants. It's just wrong.

markbhx

You forgot the cockroaches. They carry all sorts of diseases and run around the kitchen while your sleeping!!

kporte

For sure. I never let New South Welshmen in the house now.

ABCDiamond

Mortein.....

markbhx

Good for instant death, but doesn't stop the buggers getting in. The barrier spray is useless, its drys up and they walk straight over it.

moneypenny20

Not in our house they don't. Get sprayed properly and then keep screen doors shut. Not having those feral creatures in here thanks very much - daughter is terrified of them and I'm terrified of the noise she makes if she sees one