fish.01

Re your examples about Brisbane and Darwin I'm not sure if anyone would be fooled into thinking somewhere can never have a cold day, just that the averages are high? It is the crazy world of weather we are talking about after all

ABCDiamond

That comes down to definition of "cold"

It turned very cold here the other day, but I still wear shorts and short sleeve shirt, even though I complained about it feeling very cold. Some would say it was freezing, actually some did ! It was about 15c.

In England I used to wear an overcoat in Winter, in NSW I wore a leather jacket, but here in QLD, I don't even own a jumper anymore, just a lightweight jacket for the odd occasions.

BadgeIsBack

Ultimately that 18-20 is the daily max. I suppose that's part of it.

I suggest the OP needs to stay in the tropics or follow your example!

JAJ

Climate, etc, at http://www.bom.gov.au

You say you don't like heat, but what about extreme heat? Would that bother you? Or what about humidity?

nicola27

I do like the heat, humidty seems to be good for me too. Thanks for the link

datamile

The downside is that the houses in qld are not designed for the cold. They aren't air sealed, and little heating. It might be 22C outside now, but the house is about 17C.

We got a little log burner after a couple of years, and some people have reverse cycle a/c.

Outside, not a cloud in the sky. Could wear t-shirt and shorts, but you still get use to the weather, and start to feel the cold at 20C.

Summers great if you're a office worker, less so if you're having to manual work. Even the pets slow down for summer. Light rain is no worries, it rains, you get your t-shirt wet, 10 mins later you're dry and warm.

Icegirl

What you want to do is look at the stats, that'll give you all you need. Compare that with the UK, add in a bit of folk saying you'll never be too hot/too cold in the specific part of Oz they have chosen and you'll be set.

I'd say make sure you can spell heating, and Air con, surprising how many folk can't.

Oh, and no word of a lie, Scottish weather is far easier to deal with than that of Perth. And no, I can't talk long term of other places, and I won't bother mentioning Kalgoorlie or the other even smaller places I lived as not many folk are heading there.
Scotland is set up for the weather, Perth just isn't, neither cold or hot. It was fab in Autumn and Spring, other than that, very unpleasant, winter particularly. Short maybe, but who wants to be permanently cold for 2 months?

Kim67

Yallawalla, Yallwalla, Yip, Yip, Yah,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I spent the first few years of my life in Marble Bar and still have family in the area - I wouldn't recommend it as choice living. Broome might be a bit better option.

moneypenny20

That's for you, many people have no such problem and don't find Summer and Winter unpleasant.

Sally Simpson

We moved to Cairns for the weather, my husband was in need of all year warmth!
That said, we are early into autumn & thought it chilly this evening although we are still in shorts & t-shirt! It certainly does not get cold like other places further south but you do need to be able to cope with the humidity of summer. (A/C makes that bearable!)
In terms of culture & activities, there are other places in Aus I would rather live but for year round temp, Cairns is the place to be

HelenTD

There's lots of warm and sunny places in WA too. In Perth winter mornings can be very cold (we even have a few mornings of almost zero) until about 9-10 am, when the sun warms everything up. We do get cold fronts coming in, and it might rain for about 5 days, but the winter here is short and wet, with fine, sunny weather the rest of the year, all the way up the scale to bloody hot 40+ degrees.

I think the key to keeping warm in Australia is partly insulation, but mostly orientation. We have designed our house to let the winter sun into the kitchen/living/study area downstairs, and 2 bedrooms and another living area upstairs. There are big windows on the northern side plus eastern side in the living room. We never need heating on during the day and you can sit in the living area and study in a t-shirt. As the winter sun moves around mid-afternoon, it hits the windows of the lounge room, but we do use a heater in there in the evenings.

I've lived in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth in winter and it's incredible how cold you can feel, even though you know the temp is actually quite mild. Brisbane was very cold, as I was living in an old worker's cottage on stilts, in a bedroom on the verandah with 3 external walls - freezing. About 10 years ago I turned up at work in a bush-type setting in inner Perth, to find the groundsman bending down to touch the grass. I wondered what he was up to, then as I got out of the car I realised that there was frost and he told me that he had never seen it before.

If you go out in the winter sun for a walk, it soon warms you up, plus you get some Vitamin D and exercise (still possible to burn in winter, though). Plenty of paths along the coast or around the river. It's also milder living near the coast, although you might not enjoy the strong winds you can get in WA.

nicola27

Thanks everyone for your post. I found all the info very helpful but now have a lot of thinking to do. Think we might start off in QLD (northern) and see how we go.

Icegirl

Gosh yes it is for me, ir would be a tad weird to post someone else's opinion no?

Either way, I think the weather in the UK is easier to live with.
Not necessarily better, that's subjective but certainly catered for, and more affordable.