WBB

i have just spent the last couple of hours out in the garden cutting the grass etc etc and i have burned in the heat i have fair skin anyway, im a bit like an albino snowman but what am i going to do when i get to oz???

the temp here today is probably in the low to md twenties and i am actually burnt i look like a lobster now, god help me.

davidw

Don't want to make it seem worse, but having lived and worked most of my life in the tropics in Africa and Asia, the Australian sun is the fiercest I've ever know, barring none. In Perth though, where the sun's remorseless, it's fairly cool ot of the direct sun.

Loads of cream and protective clothing.

Good luck

David

hevs

did you have sunscreen on though?:lecture:

WBB

i remember when we visited oz in 97 i was basically under house arrest beetween 11am and 3pm because i could not face the heat, it is also the humidity that drains your energy, but hey it beats the welsh winter nights.

davidw

yes, humidity in queensland and much of east coast, blazing sun and dry heat in perth

arlene

i lived in cyprus for a quite a few years, and u get into the mentaility of not going out when the sun is at its hottest, always wear a hat and sunscreen, but i found that your body adjusts to the heat, your skin is not so sensitive and does not burn so much but we always wore sunscreen even though we were always tanned, nice weather is usually a rareity in this country so we tend to be taken unawares sometimes


i take it now u are hot stuff


arlene

WBB

im so hot i could melt ice cream lol...i think i need a

ADELAIDE BOUND

Billy
Dont worry after a few years you should stop going red. If your skin is like mine you will start to go pillar box purple instead.
Hey who cares.
Cheers

brisbec

Always remember

Slip, slop, slap

or is it slap, slip, slop!!!!

WBB

what's that?

hevs

SLIP on a shirt
SLOP on some suncream
SLAP on a hat, or something along those lines anyway!

hevs

actually the last two maybe the otherway round?

WBB

is that like the aussie version of the green cross code

STOP

LOOK

LISTEN

:lecture: :lecture:

whisky

You will see it advertised and said everywhere in Oz.
Yes it is a bit like the green cross code, but in this case to help guard against skin cancer.

SLIP SLOP SLAP

Whisky

Pollyana

And like the Green Cross Code its well worth taking notice of.

I work as a marshal at motor races, and got into the habit in Oz of slapping on the sunscreen and always wearing a hat. when I do the same at meetings over here people tend to either take the p**s or ask what on earth am I doing. This summer though several people sheepishly came up to me during each meet and asked if they could have some of my sunscreen. The Bloke had the same when he came over - people begging for some protection from the sun.
The weirdest thing about Brits wearing sunscreen though is that very few of us are willing to be seen putting it on. In Oz it is far more socially acceptable than here - strange that people are more concerned about their public image than about preventing at the least, sunburn or even worse, skin cancer.