will someone please turn down the heat

[izabsmiling]

HEATWAVE: Bendigo swelters through another hot day

By GRACE SERPELL, MADDIE WINES and MERRAN REEDJan. 13, 2014,

UPDATE WEDNESAY: The temperature is again soaring.

According to the Bendigo Bank clock, it was 42 degrees at 12.01pm. 

By 12.17pm, that had soared to 44 degrees. 

http://www.transcontinental.com.au/story/2019458/heatwave-bendigo-swelters-through-another-hot-day/?...

it's almost 46 where we are..

[just_me_karen]

How unusual, but was that when he was the butcher or the publican?

I think putting your feet in a bucket of cool water is good, but I usually just squirt them with the hose.

[imastawka]

Thanks iza.    Seems all the suburbs surrounding me have

been affected by outages.  Hope we can avoid one

Melbourne temp. at 5pm -  37c     Nice and cool.....not!

[debra9275]

I guess it depends on what you're used to silverfaun. Our winters might make you cry

[silverfaun]

Average temp for 6 days before Christmas in NSW Central West eg. Tullibigeal, Lake Cargelligo and environs, 40. This is normal for them.

[debra9275]

Just stay indoors Val & get everyone else to do the running around. I wonder how Nic is doing in this heat?Haven't seen her post for a couple of days, so I hope she's OK too

[izabsmiling]

Thunder and  lightning here atm and surrounded by tinder dry bushland .

Take Care everyone and big thanks to our Emergency services ..especially our Firefighters .

[debra9275]

Average temperature 6 days before and after Christmas here & last week was low to mid twenties, a bit cooler than normal I think

[just_me_karen]

No, those aren't the correct average temps... Oenpelli (gunbalaynya) all time high is 38 and usually averages in the mid 30s this time of year, and much cooler in the dry season...unless you're talking about another oenpelli?

[carls*world]

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@just_me_karen wrote:
Iza I love the hot weather...those 45 degree days where you can feel your eyeballs burning when you step outside lol. Nobody ever listens to my fabulous hot weather survival tips, possibly because they're worried about looking like the town nutter...but I don't care about such things ...

Here are my best tips!

Walk through the shower with your clothes on whenever you dry out

Wet a sarong and drape it over your head...it's like a personal air conditioner. I own sarongs specifically for this purpose 😄

Carry a squirt bottle and use it

Sleep with a wet washer,...or even wet sheets if it's really hot. The top sheet, not the bottom...and use water lol

Play with the birds under the sprinkler

Water the garden but mostly water yourself.

Throw ice cubes, water, a sprig of mint and a squirt of lemon into the blender

Keep your hair wet

On those really hot days, a small amount of water makes for a whole lot of cold...I know your water is limited there.

If you follow my loony tips, you'll enjoy the hot weather and look forward to it. Maybe lol

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Bit hard to do that for 8 hours in a big tin shed and still get all your work done.

[*crikey*mate*]

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@silverfaun wrote:

average temp in Oenpelli in the summer a cool 48, average temp in the remote communities of the NT, 45 to 50.

 I wonder how southeners would cope without crying.

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They'd blame the government.