pommie bastard

Good job I am still in Perth enjoying rain and cold night's bugger that heat in Pomland it's hell here in Summer never mind the Pommy Med?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3063985.stm

Britons own more convertibles than other Europeans and the pavements are filling with alfresco cafe tables. Vineyards are cropping up across southern England, sales of barbecue equipment have soared, and butterflies native to southern Europe flutter as far north as Yorkshire.


Hastings, one of the most depressed towns in the South East, will be given a makeover
Centre to be rebuilt by the architects who regenerated Barcelona
The firm (MBM Arquitectes) has designed a Cardiff promenade
And London is to get European-style boulevards modelled on Las Ramblas

dotty

I love it when they call 27 Hot, 30 a heatwave, for heavens sake, toughen up.

44 is when they get a bit worried here!! and thats only if it goes on for weeks. Oh and when a couple of states have burnt down



Trust me 30 is mild, plus you have not got a desert heat or tropical humidity blowing in......


Chill man 30 is nothing

pommie bastard

This is ironic the refugees/ommo's moan about the crap Pom weather because they say they never see a Summer and when they do dribble on about getting used to it for the the big move to Australia , dreamers.
They will be more used to night temps in Perth in Winter ( 2c-8c) than the Summer heat which can top 40c plus.

dotty

The bit I really love, is when the pommies say how hot, sweaty, uncomfortable, smoggy the heat made everything. Then go on to say "But of course the heat in OZ is nowhere as hot as here"!!!!

Er right, having the desert blow in or the wet season humidity drown you plus adding another 5-15 degrees will make things a heck of a lot cooler.

pommie bastard

The newcomers need bull to take a step that in the back of their minds they know is a step backwards ,so its the old bull that rises to the top like we are going for kids or the outdoor lifestyle .
Then they find the flies and heat make it more sence to keep in doors as for the kids they get a down graded education and less hope of a job at the end of it because of skilled immo's standing in the line before them.

sully4441

But your missing the point oh dotty one. 30 - 37 IS hot here. Its what you are used to. NZ just had their worst winter for 30 years, made the headlines for weeks while we were there. Personally couldn't see what all the fuss was about. It felt like like a beautiful autumn day to me. When the sun came out and the temp was a reported 15 C it was just right for driving and walking about. Like a glorious spring weekend. Loved it. As for the temps in Aus, especially Perth, we were fooled by the description of the climate, 'most temperate' part of Aus etc, it was only when we looked into it a bit deeper, based on PB's posts and others, but not entirely, did we see past the gloss.
Had a great hol to NZ that would have been a holiday to Perth, so a belated thanks to PB( now off my ignore list)
LMS

pommie bastard

Thats my good deed for the year hope that all works well for you.

Badge

Dotty it's true - I NEVER suffered with the heat in Oz until I was running 10m with a bucket every 30 seconds all day out in the bush on a drilling project. But methinks anyone would suffer then - lets face it most people would be flat out running for a bus.

a) you do aclimatise PROOF of this is that you get cold when it is 15.
b) I would swear that the humidity in Aussie appears to be lower.

c) The day I arrived - no aclimatisaiton at all - it was 27 and I was wearing a thick winter rugby top outside at a AFL game. I said to my girlfriend - "I'm not too hot so it must be quite cool today". I guessed it at just over 20. Later I found it was 26-27.
There you have it.

badgers

dotty

Continue this post in December anyone

HUP

Oh dosn't that sound idyllic. Hastings becomes the UK Barcelona. It seems to me PB that you are guilty of the dreamy attitude that you accuse the others of regarding Australia.

Basically its all a bit like politics isn't it you can put the spin on it anyway you like but when it comes down to it every country has its good bits and its sh*t bits. Its how the balance of good vs sh*t effects the individual

But hey cosmopoloitan hastings will make it all worthwhile won't it

mr mover

Talk to me in december, sunshine when im sitting by my pool , having a nice cold beer , and your in Blairyland freezing your nads off............ MM

mr mover

but those so called skilled " immos" cant hack the pace after 9 yrs they run off with their tails between their legs......... MM

Meridian

I am off to Cornwall in a couple of days. Should be superb.

Don

Been more or less 30 degrees C here for the last 16 weeks and I'm pretty fed up with it by now. Hence some dumb posts! Beer helps a lot in this situation but I fear my wife is not too happy.

Roll on the move to NZ.

Stoney

Ho Ho...... already talking about water restrictions and travel chaos due to the tracks melting in the "heat ??"
and all the barbecues are great for filling up that shed space.
You will soon see the reality of the weather in the UK dont be sold by newspaper articles.
Oh and the butterflies from southern europe run in cycles usually coinciding in European heatwaves.
Its a shame you missed this one.
1976 1990 2003 might have to wait around 14 years for the next one.
enjoy the wait.