Originally Posted by moneypenny20

Hey maybe it's dependent on what you like and where you live? Go figure! Family and friends who live in Herts have had a rubbish summer and have had the heating on on various occasions. Family who live in Dorset have had a not bad summer but as usual up and down. I don't like the Hertfordshire climate and had no wish to live in another part of the UK. I love the GC climate and have no wish to live in another part of Australia.

Originally Posted by Nu-Shooz

That's an opinion. I have found the summer this year to be fab. After 3 summers in stinking heat in OZ, this has been a breath of fresh air.

Originally Posted by Alfresco

I'm starting to warm to the idea of going to Brisbane rather than Perth - better weather, better jobs and less flies.

Just don't wanna get stung by a box jellyfish in Brissie though!

Originally Posted by Alfresco

I'm starting to warm to the idea of going to Brisbane rather than Perth - better weather, better jobs and less flies.

Just don't wanna get stung by a box jellyfish in Brissie though!

Originally Posted by fish.01

Brissie is not in Far North Qld

Originally Posted by renth

I only spent 4 days in the 'pool the rest were in Hertfordshire, Sussex and Norwich. Shite weather all around for the whole of July. Anyone who pretends that it was otherwise is living in a fantasy world.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/hi/uk_...00/8195950.stm

"July 2009 provisionally being the wettest July on record for England and Wales."

"From the 5th onwards, the weather was generally very unsettled with often thundery showers and longer periods of rain. These were also often accompanied by localised flooding."

"On the 7th some of the worst downpours affected south-east England, with around 90mm of rainfall reported from the Hastings area in Sussex. A number of Tube stations in London were flooded during the evening and a Royal Garden Party at Buckingham Palace had to be abandoned.

16th and 17th, rainfall was widespread. Wales and south-west England were most affected on 16th with roads in Cornwall closed due to flooding and a landslip on the A38 near Bodmin.

94mm of rainfall was recorded on 16th at nearby Cardinham. By 17th, the focus of the persistent heavy rain had moved to north-east England and the Scottish Borders. Rainfall totals approached 100mm in places, with 116mm at Alston, Cumbria in the 48 hours from 16th to 17th.
The greatest impact was seen seen over north-east England with a number of properties flooded, disruption to road and rail transport and interruptions to power supplies.

July continued with a very unsettled theme, with many examples of travel delays and disruption to outdoor events.

A small tornado was reported to have damaged a number of homes and cars in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis on 28th. Over 100 children were evacuated from a lakeside campsite at Keswick due to flooding on the same evening.

Heavy rain also caused the cancellation of the Brecon Agricultural Show in mid-Wales as well as delaying the start of the third Ashes Test at Edgbaston, Birmingham on 30th"

Originally Posted by Alfresco

Yep it is. I did however grow up in southern africa which has the same latitudes and weather patterns to OZ. To me that hot weather is "normal" and I miss it. So does my family.

The cold weather in the UK just lasts far tooooooo long. If it was 3-4 months it wouldn't be so bad.

Originally Posted by Hutch

The reason the British are so obsessed with the weather is that it's so changeable in the U.K. For such a tiny speck of a lump of sputum in the North Sea it has more weather patterns than most continents. Micro-climates govern the weather and places 50 miles apart can experience very different weather. In the U.K. they have to cover the weather map with various digital symbology to cram it all in, here you can often summarise the weather for the entire east coast in one sentence - and that suits me just fine.

Originally Posted by Wendy66

Watched Wimbledon on the tv from here in Oz and the whole 2 weeks looked lovely so you must have had some summe

Originally Posted by livinginreality

hhmmmm don't know whats worse really!Sputum or living in the arse end of the world?

Originally Posted by Fleaflyfloflum

Just spent another horrible summers day on the beach with 2yr old grandaughter making sandcastles... yes, sun WAS shining again.

Some people must walk around with rain clouds permanently stapled above their heads

I have to say though, that when we do have the showers and cooler days, I like it!! It breaks up the monotony and keeps this fair land green and lush, sadly, its all a bit brown at the holiday park though, due to too much sun!

Originally Posted by livinginreality

nah Flea!That can't possibly be true can it?Too much sun?Never!We have a south facing garden and it gets seriously warm sat out there some days!I think we've had a really good summer.

Originally Posted by Hutch

The reason the British are so obsessed with the weather is that it's so changeable in the U.K. For such a tiny speck of a lump of sputum in the North Sea it has more weather patterns than most continents. Micro-climates govern the weather and places 50 miles apart can experience very different weather. In the U.K. they have to cover the weather map with various digital symbology to cram it all in, here you can often summarise the weather for the entire east coast in one sentence - and that suits me just fine.