Agree. Use a cool temperature setting and dry for longer, then things like socks won't shrink and clothes/towels come out soft.

Wash Spin, put clothes on hangers, hang on door frames,over night they`ll be dry next morning, I don`t live in Q but I`ve always done it, costs nothing

When I got here one of the very first things I went out and bought was a de-humidifier. Mine is free-standing, I think it's a Mitsubishi, and I use it constantly. You can put it on "laundry" setting which means it goes for 8 hours straight and you just direct it at the clothes horse, or just on "auto", so it just comes on when it senses moisture in the air. So your clothes (such as jeans etc) don't end up with that horrible musty smell when they haven't dried quick enough. They also help stop mould forming on the walls of the house and are great for just generally keeping damp out of the rooms. When my car got wet inside once I left it in the car overnight (I had a socket in the garage), and it took the damp smell out of the car. The air in Aus is so damp that you can sometimes empty it once a day, especially in the summer.

Reminds me of the village idiot who I used to work with. His feet really stunk, absolutely rank they were. After many complaints, our manager told him to do something about it. He came back to work one day and said his washing machine was broken. He only put his size 14 steel toecap boots in it and tried to wash them.
He was a complete retard though....

>>The air in Aus is so damp that you can sometimes empty it once a day, especially in the summer.<<

My goodness, that's a lot of air. Did you include Tasmania or is it just the mainland states?

We arent allowed to hang cloths outside We have a west facing house so front room is roasting on a afternoon so put a cloths rack in front of the window for a few hours and hey presto.

I don't like putting clothes in the dryer and my husband moans (and moans and moans) about the cost. I hang stuff on coat hangers overnight and they are dry by the morning (or dry enough to iron any way). I recently bought a clothes rail from Ikea on special for $5 and that has come in very handy indeed lately. Before that I was going to install a rail in the laundry for hanging but I don't need to now.

After 9 years we have got a drier

Dry clothes here we come !

That's what we do, a retractable clothes line under the patio cover. Rarely need to use the dryer.

No, nobody counts poor old Tassie in anything do they?

Prize for the best two alternative ideas... Think the microwave will have to get the booby prize.

I have a boiler cupboard so put them in that room and leave door open as warmest room in the house.

I tried that with the cat one day and came to the same conclusions

They *do* tend to go "Pop", don't they?

I don't put silk or underwear in the drier, but almost everything else goes in. I put towels in for 10 mins to soften them up after they have turned to cardboard outside, with one of those spiky balls to help.
The sun fades things really quickly out here, and there are lots of insects that like to put spots on your freshly laundered linen.