Winter in Sydney
 

Just in case anyone doesn't know, its not cold in Sydney nor is it raining heavily.

Whinge , moan, whinge

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But isn't it Autumn :thumbsup:

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I am loving it at the moment as I spent 10 years in Dubai where it rains 1 or 2 a year. But I am feeling the cold. Went to Aldi's and joined in the scrum for some Ugg slippers which I am never taking off. It is true what they say, if your feet are warm you are warm.:thumbsup:

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It's not winter either.

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It's damn cold though. Wood burner being fired up as I type :thumbsup:

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An Australian work colleague today was talking about having put flannellette sheets on her kids beds. She has an electric blanket and thinks the kids are probably old enough to be trusted with one of those as well now!

We brought the heater in from the garage yesterday and the chimney sweep is coming on Monday! Not buying sheets or electric blankets but might get hot water bottles for my girls.

The worst thing about the cooler seasons is getting the clothes to dry. Too much rain lately to risk putting anything on the line and the clothes that can't go in the tumble dryer take an age to dry over the clothes horse.

That's my whinge out of the way!

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I am curious, as we are moving to Sydney in 3 weeks. What is the temperature and weather like at the moment.
Surely it is better than the UK - The A1M was bloked by snow yesterday in Yorkshire, and today the forecast here in Leicester is heavy rain all day and 9 degrees

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Ahhhhhhhhhh blesssssss yaaaaaaaaaaaa

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I don't know if anyone actually said that QLD doesn't get cold, but if they did, they were lying :lol: What we'll be like in July I don't know. Thank god we have lots and lots of trees :lol:

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Apart from me now being cold, I think I might just go down the cafe for a nice big breakfast of sausage, bacon, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, fried slice and black pudding, there nothing like a nice big fat fry up to start the day off, before I have to go and work out in the cold myself :)

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That sounds brill except for the pudding and beans. I've got sausage hotpot in the oven with the baked tatties :wub:

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Yes but you cant beat British food
And I might even have a nice Indian takeway tonight as its Friday
Followed by a nice bar of cadburys wholenut chocolate :P

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Well I'm British and I cooked it :D Used quality Australian ingredients though.

I'm very happy with the indians around me, others don't like them but it's a personal thing so might just go for one tomorrow.

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It is school hols here at the mo and just about the whole time so far it has been showery (with the odd torrential rain thrown in). Day time temps have been hitting a max of approx 21 degrees but they probably don't reach that until after 11am and then by the time the sun starts setting around 5.30 -6.00pm the temp drops pretty sharply. It may not feel as cold to you as it does to those of us who have been here for a couple of years but I would expect you to feel the chill first thing in the morning and in the evenings.

As a general rule, I feel that NSW and the UK have similar temperatures for the months of April and May, it's just that it feels cooler here because the houses aren't built with the same insulation.

Don't forget to bring your woolies!

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Vomit. :eek:

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Hello from Wet Sydney!

I thought I would reply as I am waiting to go out and its raining again! I've been here a week now and we have had rain everyday and I am loving it, as I feel right at home here as I have just flown in from Wales!

One thing I would say is that, never mind whinging Poms, its definitely been whinging ozzies with all this rain! After speaking to friends back at home, they have had really good weather since I have left as well! I will get my own back on them when I pop back in July as I will bring the rain back with me, you can guarantee that! :)

One of the benefits of my new upside down life is that the Joe Calzaghe's fight will be on at a very reasonable time of the day, this sunday at 12noon, however the football is on at a crazy hour of 3 or 4 in the morning!

AberJazz

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It's bitterly cold here in the U.K

I think I have Raynauds disease as my fingers are white and painful with the cold. I have been wearing gloves all day.
It's April ffs :thumbdown:

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Still consistently higher temperatures in Sydney at the moment, and will be probably for rest of April. May will probably be about equivalent. June, July and August is likely to be higher in UK. September probably equivalent. That's my guess. Sydney winters are still mild though, and plenty of blue sky.

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I'm a tad apprehensive about moving over in "winter" as our house has no heating.

I know it's not cold cold but I've become acclimatised to Asia - anything under 25C is cold to me. It's usually mid 30s here but 95% humidity makes it feel a lot hotter.

Looking forward to not sweating constantly as soon as I head out the door though. :D

edit: And my short-haired Singapore cats are going to be very dischuffed.

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I agree.
We have had to turn the ceiling fan off at night and find the top sheet for the bed.

At this rate will have to find PJ's soon:rofl::rofl:

WW

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true... no insulation and no central heating makes you notice the chill, but a few blankets and an portable radiator and you're sorted... But it was 24 degrees today, making up for the chilly week, and by chilly I mean 19 degrees...