Winter in NSW
 

Do i need to bring coats for my kiddies?I believed winter start soon...:unsure:

Re: Winter in NSW
 

Yes! Are you moving to NSW or visiting on holiday from interstate?!

Contrary to popular belief, Australia gets cold! You'll find throughout winter you'll be wrapping up a lot, especially at night. Coats are a must!

Re: Winter in NSW
 

Moving for good hopefully if all goes well.We are flying from heathrow next month.I need to be prepared then.Silly me for doubting temperature of Australia.:D

Re: Winter in NSW
 

Hehe when you're in the UK it's hard to know - all you hear about are the fires and skin cancer problems. The temperature is much warmer by far than the UK averages, but from spring-autumn it can be chilly at night! I was in Sydney in September a few years back and it was nice and warm in the sun... but as soon as the sun went away or I was in the shade I was shivering!

I'd suggest bringing a good amount of warm clothes with you. The good thing is that this first year you might not feel the cold so much... but within a few years once you've become acclimatised... brrrr! I think for kids though it'll be good to have warm jumpers and jackets to hand. Good British made winter gear - can't beat it!

Good luck with the move!

Re: Winter in NSW
 

Coats etc are essential!!
it gets down to 4 degrees at night and 12 ish during the day in midwinter (lower north shore Sydney) which may sound ok, but with a cold wind and virtually no insulation or central heating in houses you will really feel it.
Bring everything!!

Re: Winter in NSW
 

:ohmy: I think i have to unpacked the one i have set aside for charity as it includes all of our winter stuff.:ohmy:

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Also kids acclimatise quickly- my 11 year old made us laugh by coming outside for supper in her coat a couple of weeks back. It was 23 degrees :rofl:

It is funny, because of housing and acclimatisation it's not long before you accociate night temperatures lower than high teens with the need for woolly socks and winter duvets :blink:

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I recall one night it got really cold, in Sydney, and ice had formed on the windscreen :eek:

Unlike Queensland, I did need a decent jacket in Sydney... http://www.britzinoz.com/images/diamondsmile.gif

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I remember when we landed in Adelaide in August '06. When we left Toronto it was 40 degrees. We landed in Adelaide 2 days later and it was 12 degrees. The 4 of us spent the first couple of days here snuggled together under a sleeping bag trying to warm up.

Re: Winter in NSW
 

yeah yeah - just rub it in!! ;)


bloody northerners :p

Re: Winter in NSW
 

Don't bring winter coats. Bring lots of layers and fleeces. Having said that, I guess a winter coat is good to go out and have a fag or a quick beer on the deck when the kids/inlaws are in bed etc...

Re: Winter in NSW
 

We live south of Canberra and get temps as low as -9 degs C on a cold winters night. -5 degs C is about the norm for us on a winters night.

I would pack some warm clothing.

Have a good trip

Barney:thumbup:

Re: Winter in NSW
 

That's cold! We get a couple of nights of 0 every year. Down a dip, around the corner, they get -3. Normally it is say 5-7 degrees.

What makes me laugh is all the people who think that because we live a fraction higher than they do we must all freeze at night, and/or because we live in Melbourne. I think for us, the trees help, and the cloud cover keeps it warmer.

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Thank you very much.....:wub::wub::wub:

Re: Winter in NSW
 

It's very Autumnal here now: definitely not shrts and Tshirts today!

We get snow about once every three years on average but it doesn't hang around long. It does freeze at night during July - September, with a couple of inches of ice on the fishpond.

Bring warms and the electric blanket!