Brisbane Humidity
Apr 22nd 2005, 8:33 am
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Brisbane Humidity
We've decided on Brisbane as our holiday base of choice in April next year with a view to doing a reccy for our proposed migration
Many people comment about the humidity there and with us currently living in the North of England we're wondering whether it might be too much for us.
Here is what someone had to say about Brisbane:
"It is a very humid place with two seasons, hot and wet. The wet, like most tropical areas can go for months and everything is affected. It is humid and sticky all the time and mould grows on clothing, bags, infections you name it"
They're suggesting that we check out Melbourne (and even Perth) on the basis that:
"there are some consolations about living in regions that have four seasons. Temperate regions are more healthy (peoples live expectancy is longer and they have less illness) and the seasons that you will find in the more temperate regions 9say Sydney down) are no where near as cold as you are used to , you still get really hot summers, long springs and autumns but without the humidity"
My question to any British expats out in Brisbane is how do you cope with the humidity and is it as bad as I am being led to believe?
Regards
BobbyD
Many people comment about the humidity there and with us currently living in the North of England we're wondering whether it might be too much for us.
Here is what someone had to say about Brisbane:
"It is a very humid place with two seasons, hot and wet. The wet, like most tropical areas can go for months and everything is affected. It is humid and sticky all the time and mould grows on clothing, bags, infections you name it"
They're suggesting that we check out Melbourne (and even Perth) on the basis that:
"there are some consolations about living in regions that have four seasons. Temperate regions are more healthy (peoples live expectancy is longer and they have less illness) and the seasons that you will find in the more temperate regions 9say Sydney down) are no where near as cold as you are used to , you still get really hot summers, long springs and autumns but without the humidity"
My question to any British expats out in Brisbane is how do you cope with the humidity and is it as bad as I am being led to believe?
Regards
BobbyD
Apr 22nd 2005, 8:43 am
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Re: Brisbane Humidity
sent you a pm bobby!!!!!! 
Apr 22nd 2005, 8:48 am
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Re: Brisbane Humidity
1. Brisbane is actually subtropical, not tropical
2. We don't have "the wet" like FNQ do where it rains all day every day for 3 months, although we do get most of our rain in summer, its mainly rain from storms in the late afternoon & evening.
3. Humidity & heat in Brisbane is worst in Dec, Jan & Feb. The rest of the year is actually very pleasant.
4. The only time you get mould & mildew etc is when something is left wet or in an enclosed space where theres no air flow.
At the end of the day, if you dont actually like hot & humid type weather, then I'd agree with whoever wrote what you quoted & look at somewhere else
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2. We don't have "the wet" like FNQ do where it rains all day every day for 3 months, although we do get most of our rain in summer, its mainly rain from storms in the late afternoon & evening.
3. Humidity & heat in Brisbane is worst in Dec, Jan & Feb. The rest of the year is actually very pleasant.
4. The only time you get mould & mildew etc is when something is left wet or in an enclosed space where theres no air flow.
At the end of the day, if you dont actually like hot & humid type weather, then I'd agree with whoever wrote what you quoted & look at somewhere else
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Apr 22nd 2005, 9:20 am
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Re: Brisbane Humidity
Originally Posted by BobbyDazzler
Here is what someone had to say about Brisbane:
"It is a very humid place with two seasons, hot and wet. The wet, like most tropical areas can go for months and everything is affected. It is humid and sticky all the time and mould grows on clothing, bags, infections you name it"
"It is a very humid place with two seasons, hot and wet. The wet, like most tropical areas can go for months and everything is affected. It is humid and sticky all the time and mould grows on clothing, bags, infections you name it"
It'll be worth checking it out for yourself, but best to arrive March/April time when migrating, to allow your body time to acclimatise before the summer. Most people seem to find it OK, but there are always exceptions.
Apr 22nd 2005, 9:50 am
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Re: Brisbane Humidity
Hi everyone,
from my previous 3 year experience in Brisbane, I had a wonderful life there. However, Brisbane is very hot in summers which the temperature could easily increase to 40 celcius!!!
I do love its environment which is clean, clear, not too crowded and very less polution.
I think it's up to your personal needs. If you love shopping, busy and crowded area, you might be better to go ahead to Sydney or Melbourne.
Hope it helps.
Cheers
from my previous 3 year experience in Brisbane, I had a wonderful life there. However, Brisbane is very hot in summers which the temperature could easily increase to 40 celcius!!!
I do love its environment which is clean, clear, not too crowded and very less polution.
I think it's up to your personal needs. If you love shopping, busy and crowded area, you might be better to go ahead to Sydney or Melbourne.
Hope it helps.
Cheers
Originally Posted by BobbyDazzler
We've decided on Brisbane as our holiday base of choice in April next year with a view to doing a reccy for our proposed migration
Many people comment about the humidity there and with us currently living in the North of England we're wondering whether it might be too much for us.
Here is what someone had to say about Brisbane:
"It is a very humid place with two seasons, hot and wet. The wet, like most tropical areas can go for months and everything is affected. It is humid and sticky all the time and mould grows on clothing, bags, infections you name it"
They're suggesting that we check out Melbourne (and even Perth) on the basis that:
"there are some consolations about living in regions that have four seasons. Temperate regions are more healthy (peoples live expectancy is longer and they have less illness) and the seasons that you will find in the more temperate regions 9say Sydney down) are no where near as cold as you are used to , you still get really hot summers, long springs and autumns but without the humidity"
My question to any British expats out in Brisbane is how do you cope with the humidity and is it as bad as I am being led to believe?
Regards
BobbyD
Many people comment about the humidity there and with us currently living in the North of England we're wondering whether it might be too much for us.
Here is what someone had to say about Brisbane:
"It is a very humid place with two seasons, hot and wet. The wet, like most tropical areas can go for months and everything is affected. It is humid and sticky all the time and mould grows on clothing, bags, infections you name it"
They're suggesting that we check out Melbourne (and even Perth) on the basis that:
"there are some consolations about living in regions that have four seasons. Temperate regions are more healthy (peoples live expectancy is longer and they have less illness) and the seasons that you will find in the more temperate regions 9say Sydney down) are no where near as cold as you are used to , you still get really hot summers, long springs and autumns but without the humidity"
My question to any British expats out in Brisbane is how do you cope with the humidity and is it as bad as I am being led to believe?
Regards
BobbyD
Apr 22nd 2005, 9:56 am
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Re: Brisbane Humidity
It all sounds good to me. I love the heat
Shopping, busy and crowded sounds awful. I think on that basis we can forget Sydney or Melbourne apart from maybe a whistlestop tour
We'll be seeing you in Briz next April................one we get a place to stay sorted!!!
Cheers
BobbyD
Shopping, busy and crowded sounds awful. I think on that basis we can forget Sydney or Melbourne apart from maybe a whistlestop tour
We'll be seeing you in Briz next April................one we get a place to stay sorted!!!
Cheers
BobbyD
Apr 22nd 2005, 9:57 am
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Re: Brisbane Humidity
Some weather records for Dec 2004 on a daily basis, showing min & max temps, rainfall, and humidity records:
Brisbane
Brisbane Airport Bayside area
Ipswich Amberley area
Sydney
Melbourne
Brisbane
Brisbane Airport Bayside area
Ipswich Amberley area
Sydney
Melbourne
Apr 22nd 2005, 11:10 am
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Re: Brisbane Humidity
Hi!
we're in FNQ and so whatever you expect the humidity to be like in Bris, times it by...erm 5 or 10 and you might have an idea of what we have just been through this summer, here in FNQ.
That's us - me, Ste and two nippers. Are we still here? Or are we going back to the Uk, tail between our legs? Are we saying..."umm, bit too much for us...", "Sh*t, we can't cope!!!" etc, etc!!!
Of course we aren't.
It's been bloody humid. It's also been absolutely gorgeous up here and we wouldn't change a thing. It's been no worse than the absolutely bloody freezing and miserable winters in the Uk which we experienced for many years.
Have some balls, mate. You've got to take the bad and the good together.
Lifes like that.
If my 6 and 4 year old can cope then i'm sure you will manage just fine!
Best wishes and good luck
we're in FNQ and so whatever you expect the humidity to be like in Bris, times it by...erm 5 or 10 and you might have an idea of what we have just been through this summer, here in FNQ.
That's us - me, Ste and two nippers. Are we still here? Or are we going back to the Uk, tail between our legs? Are we saying..."umm, bit too much for us...", "Sh*t, we can't cope!!!" etc, etc!!!
Of course we aren't.
It's been bloody humid. It's also been absolutely gorgeous up here and we wouldn't change a thing. It's been no worse than the absolutely bloody freezing and miserable winters in the Uk which we experienced for many years.
Have some balls, mate. You've got to take the bad and the good together.
Lifes like that.
If my 6 and 4 year old can cope then i'm sure you will manage just fine!
Best wishes and good luck
Apr 22nd 2005, 11:47 am
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Re: Brisbane Humidity
Originally Posted by steandleigh
Hi!
we're in FNQ and so whatever you expect the humidity to be like in Bris, times it by...erm 5 or 10 and you might have an idea of what we have just been through this summer, here in FNQ.
That's us - me, Ste and two nippers. Are we still here? Or are we going back to the Uk, tail between our legs? Are we saying..."umm, bit too much for us...", "Sh*t, we can't cope!!!" etc, etc!!!
Of course we aren't.
It's been bloody humid. It's also been absolutely gorgeous up here and we wouldn't change a thing. It's been no worse than the absolutely bloody freezing and miserable winters in the Uk which we experienced for many years.
Have some balls, mate. You've got to take the bad and the good together.
Lifes like that.
If my 6 and 4 year old can cope then i'm sure you will manage just fine!
Best wishes and good luck
we're in FNQ and so whatever you expect the humidity to be like in Bris, times it by...erm 5 or 10 and you might have an idea of what we have just been through this summer, here in FNQ.
That's us - me, Ste and two nippers. Are we still here? Or are we going back to the Uk, tail between our legs? Are we saying..."umm, bit too much for us...", "Sh*t, we can't cope!!!" etc, etc!!!
Of course we aren't.
It's been bloody humid. It's also been absolutely gorgeous up here and we wouldn't change a thing. It's been no worse than the absolutely bloody freezing and miserable winters in the Uk which we experienced for many years.
Have some balls, mate. You've got to take the bad and the good together.
Lifes like that.
If my 6 and 4 year old can cope then i'm sure you will manage just fine!
Best wishes and good luck
Good onya, Leigh, dispel those myths about it being humid, especially in FNQ!
I like your attitude; it's downright Aussie! If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen, eh?! hehe
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BobbyDazzler, it's nowhere near as bad as you've been led to believe ... well, maybe only for a couple of weeks of the year! Sorts out the wheat from the chaff!!
Apr 22nd 2005, 11:58 am
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Re: Brisbane Humidity
We had never been to a hot country before coming here.
Arrived in Cairns on Halloween day just leading into the summer months so bang whallop into the steamy tropics.
Often heard people talking about over 90% humidity but don't really know what that means.
Anyway, we coped with it.
You can too
Arrived in Cairns on Halloween day
just leading into the summer months so bang whallop into the steamy tropics.Often heard people talking about over 90% humidity but don't really know what that means.
Anyway, we coped with it.
You can too
Apr 22nd 2005, 12:37 pm
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Re: Brisbane Humidity
Originally Posted by ProofReader
Good onya, Leigh, dispel those myths about it being humid, especially in FNQ!
I like your attitude; it's downright Aussie! If you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen, eh?! hehe
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Oz was always going to work for us, because we are lucky ( I suppose ) in our practicality and our desire to make it work, whatever. Don't get me wrong, there has been a wobbly moment or two, on my behalf ( not outspoken, but within myself ) but outwardly our desire and main goal has always been the same....
$2.5 to the pound doesn't matter to us, earning in $$$ what we did in pounds doesn't matter to us, better house, better car, big block, better super, get a boat, get a cleaner, heaps of holidays etc etc...it's all Bollo*ks.....
Having a secure family unit...a tried and tested ( and long suffering((!)) marriage, a wish to 'stay together and play together' attitude is what counts in our opinion.
Our nippers are happy, we are happy, our families are happy ( finally!!!), there is no real 'defining' point or moment for us....
It just feels So right.....( Humidity or not )
Cheers.
