No you aren't alone, but then the people who prefer it the other way are not alone either. Many people accept a few nights per year of those temperatures, for the other 340/350+ of OK nights. (I don't know the number as I have never had a night at that temp)

If you are looking at the length of time for these temps, then you are comparing a once in a hundred years Australian weather pattern to a normal British winter, and, well.... it's not a comparison that I would think stands up.

Australia is a big country with different weather, in different regions, you cannot generalise, and just say "Australia". However, if we can generalise, then I could say the weather in Australia is PERFECT, not once gone above 31C this Summer, and not below 10c last winter, and in the hottest nights, we still need sheets on the bed overnight to stop from being to cold. However, if I said that about "Australia", I would ridiculed, because I would be generalising, as it isn't like that everywhere in Australia.

Personally I know what the weather can be like down South, that's why I live up here. Cooler in Summer, warmer in Winter.

People want to feel that they've done the ''right thing'' in moving back or wanting to go back to the UK and part of that, for some, is putting down Australia, to prove to the world that it isn't actually them !! And that last sentence is from my own experience, from doing exactly that when I went through my own anti-Australia stage.

And what do you do if you are an outside worker in the UK in the snow or ice cold rain. Hubbie used to be, and could not put on too many layers or he could not do his job properly.
I did outside work here in Adelaide in the last heatwave, and as long as I had a hat and plenty of water and sun screen, I was fine, other than about one hour when I got too hot.
It must depend on what type of person you are. I get cold easy, and even in summer last year was wearing a t shirt, 2 jumpers and a jacket for some out door work, not getting down to the t-shirt until afternoon.

I must have been in one of the 20% for Melbourne then as it had been sunny and lovely when we left Adelaide, we took 4 days to get to Melbourne (raining all but the first). We were watching the weather when we got back and it was still showing as raining in Melbourne, but had been sunny in Adelaide the whole week we had been away. We did have one nice day in Melbourne (luckily on the Neighbours trip day lol).

I reckon thats more the answer. I asked my Aussie raised daughter this question in London today. She said you cant sleep when it's hot, especially if there is no airconditioning, whereas you can always get warm under blankets when it's cold.

Personally I can only ever remember getting really cold feet, nose, ears and throat....in the UK, the rest of me seemed to stay pretty warm.

Must be in the Genes PB

Just for your own purposes, keep a background eye on the weather in Melb v Adelaide in the future, there is normally about 3 degrees difference and Melbourne does generally follow on.

I agree. I used to get chillblanes every winter, and the cold always makes me try to find a loo......

No chillblanes in QLD, but sometimes cold enough in winter to need that loo, but no where near as often

I'd rather put up with the heat, than that. Although not sure I would fancy Melbourne or Adelaide at the moment

But others like the cold, actually it isn't in the genes !!! My dad loves rolling in snow in Finland after a sauna
I suppose it could be from my Mums side though.

Cold makes me ill, far healthier in heat. Not sure I want several days of 40+ though. That's why I like this part of QLD, that heat rarely happens. Don't mind the humidity so it's all good. Last year, I had one week of brilliant weather in the UK and one week of rubbish. As soon as the cooler weather started, I started getting headaches again. The main reason I moved away from the UK, five months plus of feeling really ill takes it out of you.

Yayyy...... The cool change is here, its down to 34 degrees celsius... circa 96 F

Happy days are here again, we can venture outside

Right I'm orf down the pub... see you later !

Daily mean max for Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane ending 29th January 2009 as supplied from the official Australian weather site:

A: 31.3
M: 28.0
S: 27.5
B: 30.2

Daily mean min:

A: 17.6
M: 15.5
S: 19.8
B: 21.3

So eastern Australia has far more warmer nights than the southern states. Daytime temps can vary considerably. Remember just a few days of very high temps doesn't necessarily mean it's the hottest place as judging by the average maximums, Brisbane hasn't exceeded 33.9oC yet has the second - highest mean max out of all four cities and is considerably higher than Melbourne by around 2 degrees.

Allegedly! And everyone says how 'lovely' it is. Cor - love a duck. My old man's a dustman.

That's about right

29 days of 30.2
1 Hot day at 33.9
1 Cold day at 26.5
and it averages 30.2

OK, so I jest, but it may not be that far out

Oops! Made a wee mistake, Brisbane is actually behind Adelaide's by one degree but before the heatwave, Adelaide was averaging 29.5oC.