Not bad winter in melbourne (Lake Mountain about 2 hour drive North East of Melbourne)

Yep, Certainly the coldest for me in 5 years... Especially in the house
Seems to be throught the whole south of the country as well

Monday morning, I did actually have to scrape my car windscreen to get out and about in Geelong........I missed my heated windscreen!

Due to knackered knees, I am more than happy to escape the snow though!!

Your location says you're still in London.

There you go,....Melbournes longest cold snap in 14 years.

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/me...0702-zsh3.html

That's the closest it's been to UK winter weather yet still warmer. It's relative.

Coldest Sydney morning for more than 60 years
But out in Western Sydney they get the real cold weather:

Freezing Point has been moved....

Ice on our windscreen 4 times in the last 2 weeks.Bastard cold it is bbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I've been in Melbourne 2 weeks now and I have to admit I wasn't very prepared for the weather!
That said, I was just coming from a heatwave in the UK and I have climatised since I've got here but I can't wait for spring/summer to arrive

I understand how it is difficult to explain/expect certain types of weather now as well as it can be warm but turn freezing cold within a few minutes/hours so you really do need to be prepared for all kinds of weather, I am really enjoying the bright sunny days though and it is nowhere near as cold as it would be in the UK at this time of the year in winter.

Welcome to Melbourne Louise!~

If you think you have come from a heatwave in the uk wait til summer here!!

I think Shakmaty's appraisal of Melbourne weather -

"England plus 10 degrees"

is very accurate.

To that I would add a lot more sunshine, all times of year.

BB

Spot on

Weather forecast and temperatures are misleading when you are comparing Melbourne with Sydney or the UK. Melbourne is as bleak and gloomy as almost the UK in my opinion, especially after living in Queensland and Sydney, it was unbearable. Probably simply because of lack of central heating etc. The place looks really sad in winter. If it is 12 degrees max in Melbourne during the day, it means it will reach 12 degrees for half an hour or 1 hour then 5-6 degrees the rest of the day and windy! If 17 degrees that same day in Sydney, it means it will be 17 at least for a good six hours during the day.

So don't be misled by those Melbourne temperatures, the place is freezing in winter, especially in the mornings, my God!

I remember taking a flight from Brisbane to Melbourne in the middle of winter. It was all nice and sunny, green subtropical trees, people wearing shorts and all colorful in Queensland. I got to Melbourne Airport, everyone wearing dark colors- navy or black, coats, jackets and all that, a typical cold and rainy winter day in Melbourne. So depressing it was.

That's nonsense - 5-6 degrees for most of the day!!! It is cold when I leave in the morning (7am) but by the time I nip out for a coffee at 10am and when I walk home around 4pm, I'm mostly OK in a shirt or light cardi. And I think I've used a brolly about twice so far this winter.