Dreading summer 😓
Oct 17th 2019, 4:08 am
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Oct 17th 2019, 4:15 am
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Re: Dreading summer 😓
If you're considering a move, have you considered moving inland? It still gets hot, but it tends to be a dry heat rather than a humid in-your-face heat.
Oct 17th 2019, 5:32 am
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Re: Dreading summer 😓
We are relative newbies, having only been over here from NZ for the last 2 1/2 years. We live in Western Sydney and the summers have been quite brutal at times, with the first rental not have operable aircon for most of it.
We have also been looking at other places, and Port Macquarie is one that we are looking at also. The only real issue that keep coming up is that people sometime feel isolated because there is no other place within easy striking distance, but certainly the climate seems cooler most of the time due to the coastal element. We are also looking at around Newcastle and also south of Sydney, or even going down to the Alpine mountains as getting higher tends to take the temperature down, although again this can be more isolated.
Yesterday my other half was almost hyperventilating with the warmth (she's laughing about it today), and we are not anywhere near the pointy end of the heat :O
We have also been looking at other places, and Port Macquarie is one that we are looking at also. The only real issue that keep coming up is that people sometime feel isolated because there is no other place within easy striking distance, but certainly the climate seems cooler most of the time due to the coastal element. We are also looking at around Newcastle and also south of Sydney, or even going down to the Alpine mountains as getting higher tends to take the temperature down, although again this can be more isolated.
Yesterday my other half was almost hyperventilating with the warmth (she's laughing about it today), and we are not anywhere near the pointy end of the heat :O
Oct 17th 2019, 9:12 am
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Re: Dreading summer 😓
Hi, spouse of scouse, thanks for your reply and for welcoming � ����
I used to be a member many moons ago, I discovered this site AFTER we emigrated - it would’ve been so much easier if I’d found it before!
I haven’t been to Perth, but I’ve been in Victoria (Ovens Valley!!) over summer before which was really hot, but a dry heat. It’s the humidity here that kills me here, its only 9am and the beginning of spring and I’m already shut inside with the aircon on dry mode after nearly expiring walking the dog this morning!
I’d just like a reprieve from the heat during the day for a bit longer than a few weeks in the depths of winter.
Queensland is beautiful, I love it here, but it’s gonna kill me soon � ����
Suggest if you live close enough that you walk by the sea, it’s usually cooler, but that’s not where I walked today.
i agree that it is hot and humid for about 3 months of the year, but the other 9 months are lovely.
Mind you I lived in Brunei for 10 years and that really is hot and .humid
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Oct 17th 2019, 9:23 am
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Re: Dreading summer 😓
i don’t know where you live on the Sunshine Coast, but I’ve lived here for 16 years and I think much older than you well in my 70’s and I really don’t feel the same as you. I don’t know where you walked to get so hot by 9am but I must live in a different area, as I walked this morning and didn’t expire, and there is no way I am inside with the aircon on. I also walked at 5pm, lovely breeze blowing, a great walk.
Suggest if you live close enough that you walk by the sea, it’s usually cooler, but that’s not where I walked today.
i agree that it is hot and humid for about 3 months of the year, but the other 9 months are lovely.
Mind you I lived in Brunei for 10 years and that really is hot and .humid
Oct 17th 2019, 9:51 am
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Re: Dreading summer 😓
We often retreat to Mount Tamborine in the height of summer, it’s nice up there and a fair chunk off the heat and humidity even though it’s less than an hour’s drive.
Still QLD though so never going to be what you call temperate and a fair way from an airport (Gold Coast being the easiest to get to).
Maybe get yourself some elevation?
We find a large metal frame pool helps maintain sanity, ours has lasted 3 years and it’s been $600 well spent.
Still QLD though so never going to be what you call temperate and a fair way from an airport (Gold Coast being the easiest to get to).
Maybe get yourself some elevation?
We find a large metal frame pool helps maintain sanity, ours has lasted 3 years and it’s been $600 well spent.
Oct 24th 2019, 1:41 am
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Re: Dreading summer 😓
Never ..... if you had to live in many parts of Western Sydney you might as well save a buck and live in Brisbane.
But you make a good point. The temperature difference between Western and Eastern Sydney is vast, on some days a 10 degree difference over 40km's. Eastern Sydney gets the sea breeze and benefits from the coastal temperate climate. Western Sydney does not.
But you make a good point. The temperature difference between Western and Eastern Sydney is vast, on some days a 10 degree difference over 40km's. Eastern Sydney gets the sea breeze and benefits from the coastal temperate climate. Western Sydney does not.
