I just came back inside the van to get me lunch after sitting under a nearby tree reading quietly ... and this was the temperature that hit me as I opened the door - 1pm EDST which is only 12Noon real time.
Cheers - John
rockylizard said
02:29 PM Jan 6, 2018
Gday...
Official ambient at the moment is 39.7degC .... I only came in for a cold drink and this was what greeted me .... much better under that tree
cheers - John
kesa32 said
02:43 PM Jan 6, 2018
Yep the tree sounds good :)
RustyD said
03:40 PM Jan 6, 2018
Was your drink cold? Does your fridge only work to so many degrees below ambient (as many do)?
rockylizard said
04:00 PM Jan 6, 2018
Gday...
Yeah ... frudge works good ... might begin to struggle if these temps continued for a couple more days though (as might I )
Cheers - John
RustyD said
04:13 PM Jan 6, 2018
Frudge? Fisher & Paykel then!
rockylizard said
04:19 PM Jan 6, 2018
Gday...
Ya now reminded me of a slogan posted on the West End rail bridge in Brisvegas back in the 1990s -
It read - NZ SUX.
It took about a week or so and then this appeared under it -
AUSTRALIA NIL
Cheers - John
-- Edited by rockylizard on Saturday 6th of January 2018 04:22:40 PM
RustyD said
04:38 PM Jan 6, 2018
There was one on a rail bridge in Melbourne but it said NZ SUX, AUSTRALIA SEVEN. Same here, the AUSTRALIA SEVEN appeared a bit later.
RustyD said
05:28 PM Jan 6, 2018
Guessing by the amount of activity on the forum today, lots of nomads in S/E Aus are doing mental rather than physical work today.
Desert Dweller said
06:51 PM Jan 6, 2018
It beats us why everyone gets so excited about a really hot day these days.
It's been happening since before Adam sprouted pubic hair.
The media love it when nothing much else is happening.
Keep cool mate!
40+ degrees here in Melbourne, time for our home air-conditioning to be put to work.
Cold glass of white with a salad & read a book.
rockylizard said
07:40 PM Jan 6, 2018
Desert Dweller wrote:
It beats us why everyone gets so excited about a really hot day these days. strange ... didn't think I was excitedjest making conversation.
It's been happening since before Adam sprouted pubic hair. Get out wif ya .... ya sure??
The media love it when nothing much else is happening. HMMMM .. media - not much value there
Keep cool mate! cool as a cucumber mate
40+ degrees here in Melbourne, time for our home air-conditioning to be put to work. yep ... but we all don't have a flash house wif aircon - OH and if it's not worth getting excited about - wotcha got ya aircon on fer ??
Cold glass of white with a salad & read a book. Yep ... bin doing jest that under me tree outside the van.
Gday...
Good on ya DD ... much better up the bush on a creek bank, under a tree, wif me liddle toes danglin' in the creek than stuck in a house wif aircon
Cheers - John
RustyD said
08:37 PM Jan 6, 2018
The media really beat up the 40+ today. 40+ and bushfires in the Otways were constant reminders it was summer when I was a kid. I was scared of bushfires then and I still am. One thing about being in the S/E of Aus is that the weather will change. 40+ is really only momentary in the big picture.
I've still got my parent's original wheelbarrow that used to be put in the shade, filled up with water and I'd jump in. Can't believe how small it really is. Gosh I must have been small then. My 7 year old grandson filled our larger one up last week and splashed around in it after I told him about the old one sitting next to the larger, newer one. There is no way he would fit in the old one.
Desert Dweller said
05:06 AM Jan 7, 2018
rockylizard wrote:
Desert Dweller wrote:
It beats us why everyone gets so excited about a really hot day these days. strange ... didn't think I was excitedjest making conversation.
It's been happening since before Adam sprouted pubic hair. Get out wif ya .... ya sure??
The media love it when nothing much else is happening. HMMMM .. media - not much value there
Keep cool mate! cool as a cucumber mate
40+ degrees here in Melbourne, time for our home air-conditioning to be put to work. yep ... but we all don't have a flash house wif aircon - OH and if it's not worth getting excited about - wotcha got ya aircon on fer ??
Cold glass of white with a salad & read a book. Yep ... bin doing jest that under me tree outside the van.
Gday...
Good on ya DD ... much better up the bush on a creek bank, under a tree, wif me liddle toes danglin' in the creek than stuck in a house wif aircon
Cheers - John
Each to their own mate but it's a lot cooler where we are. 21 degrees in fact, that's why we choose to spend summer at home each year. We love being STUCK in our house next to Port Phillip Bay.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Sunday 7th of January 2018 07:44:02 AM
Birdo said
12:15 PM Jan 8, 2018
We love the summer here in Palm Beach Queensland.
Fairly constant temperature of around 29 each day does not vary as much as it did when we lived down South.
No need for an air conditioner here as we are between a canal and a river and only a k from the ocean.We designed our house correctly so we have a flow through of cool air and no need to waste power on an air conditioner.
Just sitting inside with all the windows open listening to the birds calling and the sound of the fish jumping in the canal.
Hope you are all enjoying the summer wherever you are.
Cheers
Warren-Pat_01 said
10:25 PM Jan 12, 2018
I think we just get less tolerant of higher temps the older we get! I think age makes us softer.
I wonder if I could take the conditions we had when working at the transmitter site of Radio Australia in Darwin in the late 60s, 70s where, yes it was hot (35+) outside & room blowers blew air into the transmitter vaults for some degree of cooling (sweat plus air = "cool") & then having to work inside a transmitter after it had been on all night & was shut down for maintenance, fault finding, etc, the next morning. Producing 250Kw of RF ensured they were HOT!
I recall meeting the big wigs (the boss, some engineers, the Postmaster General of SA + hangers on) one day in the transmitter hall, dressed in shorts & sandals (safety those days was a minimal item) with sweat running off me from head to toes! I was on my way to the store when they came in - I don't recall seeing them in the transmitter I had in bits & pieces!
Yesterday brought us back to the good old days before airconditioned cars when the aircond belt broke north of Goondiwindi. Temps north of Cowra were in the low 40s. I might get it repaired tomorrow or wait until we get to Canberra on Sunday as one of the belts is a nightmare to remove!
Gday...
I just came back inside the van to get me lunch after sitting under a nearby tree reading quietly ... and this was the temperature that hit me as I opened the door - 1pm EDST which is only 12Noon real time.
Cheers - John
Gday...
Official ambient at the moment is 39.7degC .... I only came in for a cold drink and this was what greeted me .... much better under that tree
cheers - John
Gday...
Yeah ... frudge works good
... might begin to struggle if these temps continued for a couple more days though (as might I 
)
Cheers - John
Gday...
Ya now reminded me of a slogan posted on the West End rail bridge in Brisvegas back in the 1990s -
It read - NZ SUX.
It took about a week or so and then this appeared under it -
AUSTRALIA NIL
Cheers - John
-- Edited by rockylizard on Saturday 6th of January 2018 04:22:40 PM
It's been happening since before Adam sprouted pubic hair.
The media love it when nothing much else is happening.
Keep cool mate!
40+ degrees here in Melbourne, time for our home air-conditioning to be put to work.
Cold glass of white with a salad & read a book.
Gday...
Good on ya DD ... much better up the bush on a creek bank, under a tree, wif me liddle toes danglin' in the creek than stuck in a house wif aircon
Cheers - John
I've still got my parent's original wheelbarrow that used to be put in the shade, filled up with water and I'd jump in. Can't believe how small it really is. Gosh I must have been small then. My 7 year old grandson filled our larger one up last week and splashed around in it after I told him about the old one sitting next to the larger, newer one. There is no way he would fit in the old one.
Each to their own mate but it's a lot cooler where we are.
21 degrees in fact, that's why we choose to spend summer at home each year.
We love being STUCK in our house next to Port Phillip Bay.
-- Edited by Desert Dweller on Sunday 7th of January 2018 07:44:02 AM
Fairly constant temperature of around 29 each day does not vary as much as it did when we lived down South.
No need for an air conditioner here as we are between a canal and a river and only a k from the ocean.We designed our house correctly so we have a flow through of cool air and no need to waste power on an air conditioner.
Just sitting inside with all the windows open listening to the birds calling and the sound of the fish jumping in the canal.
Hope you are all enjoying the summer wherever you are.
Cheers
I wonder if I could take the conditions we had when working at the transmitter site of Radio Australia in Darwin in the late 60s, 70s where, yes it was hot (35+) outside & room blowers blew air into the transmitter vaults for some degree of cooling (sweat plus air = "cool") & then having to work inside a transmitter after it had been on all night & was shut down for maintenance, fault finding, etc, the next morning. Producing 250Kw of RF ensured they were HOT!
I recall meeting the big wigs (the boss, some engineers, the Postmaster General of SA + hangers on) one day in the transmitter hall, dressed in shorts & sandals (safety those days was a minimal item) with sweat running off me from head to toes! I was on my way to the store when they came in - I don't recall seeing them in the transmitter I had in bits & pieces!
Yesterday brought us back to the good old days before airconditioned cars when the aircond belt broke north of Goondiwindi. Temps north of Cowra were in the low 40s. I might get it repaired tomorrow or wait until we get to Canberra on Sunday as one of the belts is a nightmare to remove!