Hi we would like to here from anyone who has experienced the climate of both Perth and Brisbane and if you could let us know your opinions on how hotter etc one is compared to the other as we are hearing conflicting stories and would like to here your experiences. We prefer Perth but there seems lots more work for me in Brisbane.
Thanks
Lee and Clare

Don't have persoanl experience of Brisbane, but you may find the comparisons between the major cities (inlcuding their climates) on this website interesting:
http://www.livingin-australia.com/

Gina

I'm in Perth stittng at my desk and can barely feel my fingers I'm so cold, and it's only May.

And I am on the GC and about to change out of jeans which were required first thing but definitely not now

This is quite a good site: http://www.wunderground.com/ and this is the official one: http://www.bom.gov.au/

I tend to use the first more because it's easier for me to understand and navigate

Tell 'em to turn the air conditioning up to over 20 degrees .

Im in Brisbane & apart from the 10 days we spent in Tassie 2 weeks ago, havent even worn a jumper yet, even in the evenings .

We were swimming in our pool on the weekend!

Don't remember seeing you in there. Just kids and we know they don't feel the cold! Did you get the storm up your way Sunday afternoon? It threw it down round here and great thunder

Everyone except me went in on Sunday, Im not so cruel to inflict the sight of me in my bathers on anyone else, I only swim when Im alone .

No strom, just a bit of rain.

how uncomfortable does it get for the kids in brisbane or do they cope fine i have been told brisbane is too hot to do anything and Perth would be the better option . But i would like to here from people who know thanks in advance.

lee

It depends on where you live. If you are a few miles inland it gets very hot and very humid for about three months of the year, if you are closer to the ocean you get fab breezes coming through.

We are down on the GC and arrived late November. Yes it got hot (according to the natives it got very hot ) but we were all fine. Two girls 13 and 11 - none of us were aware of dreadful weather, it was wonderful and we were fully expecting to suffer loads because of the difference between leaving UK early winter and arriving here early summer.

May be we get on better than others in hot weather but I can't tell, because I don't know how others would feel if they were living our lives - does that make sense

The kids will adapt more quickly than you and mine never notice the heat, however my youngest is now insisting on long trousers as he's cold even though we were down the beach at the weekend and everybody else was in shorts, hes a true blue aussie kid now. Brisbane is the best climate, don't worry about the humidty it doesn't last long a good storm soon gets rid of it, why go to the cold when you can live in the warm!!! Saying that the nights during the winter months can be a bit cold around 8-9 in the depths of August but the days are so PERFECT.

I've jinxed myself - about 9.30 tonight I had to go & put a jumper on :scared: .

Mind you, I havent bothered to shut any of the kitchen windows - might have something to do with it .




I agree with Penny, it definitely depends on where you live, where we are we only had 3 days all summer over 35 degrees, plus the fact that we have a fabulous breeze makes our house lovely & cool even on quite hot days.

I see people on here sometimes claiming that in summer its too hot to do anything. Not sure what that means really, the heat has never stopped us from doing anything - apart from perhaps running around outside in the sun in the middle of the day . Sure if it's a really hot day I wouldnt send the kids out to play cricket or run a marathon at midday or go out to do 3 hrs mowing or something, but that doesnt mean you cant do anything . There are some days that it gets hot & you tend to laze around drinking rather than doing anything energetic, but then that's the Qld lifestyle when it's hot really. Our boys do plenty of stuff in summer, the heat affects them alot less than the cold in winter does.

As for Perth being a better option, not sure if you know, but Perth actually gets much hotter weather than Brisbane in summer, over 40 is quite normal in Perth, don't think we hit 40 at anytime this summer in Brisbane (not including western suburbs & Ipswich in those igures, it regularly gets to 40 over that way poor buggers!). We probably average 1 or 2 days in a summer of that sort of heat, unlike Perth which, I believe, can get weeks of it. Difference is the humidity - Brisbane is subtropical so is more humid, Perth is a drier heat.

Different strokes for different folks .

Perth.

Only been here 2 years

first summer...hot over 35 for 3 - 5 days a handful of times in 04/05

this summer. nothing was a cooler summer.

Really the difference between the 2 is in the humidity factor.

Perth is dry, Brissy is Humid.

Winter however, as Renth mentioned is freezing overnight.

Thats where the good ole wood burner stove comes to use.

thanks yet again everyone has been really helpful my son asks if there is any football (soccer) in oz for him......
lee and clare

can anyone suggest any nice suberbs with good schools my son is in secondary school and my younger son in primary school we are looking in brisbane.
many thanks lee and clare