Melbourne Heatwave
Autumn has been officially delayed as extreme heat sweeps the southeast of the country.
Prickly Heat
Every year we go to Spain and without fail on the 3rd or 4th day my sister and I will start to get a heat rash or prickly heat.
Bad Hair Day
I am in still in Marbella and yesterday I had to change my sheets on my bed myself which was the first time since I left Australia. I was very slow and badly out of practice but it shows how well I have been looked after.
Hot Night
Last night equaled the hottest night ever in Melbourne History. It was 34 degrees Celsius the entire night and at 9AM it had only dropped to 30. The only other time that temperatures have gone over 40 degrees Celsius and not dropped below 34 degrees Celsius during the night was in February 1902. They are predicting the temperature will rise again to 40 degrees Celsius today before a cool change comes in later this afternoon so at least tonight is expected to be cool.
Brighton Beach
We are having some amazing weather here at the moment in Melbourne while my family and friends freeze over there in England. This is Brighton Beach, my place of worship and only a 15 minute train journey away. There are nearer beaches but this is a lot quieter and you can always find a nice pitch to call your own. At one point today however, jellyfish were swept onto the beach all along the bay and it was like a mini invasion and then 20 minutes later they were all gone but I did not fancy risking getting stung so I stayed well away from the sea.
Spring Heat Wave
We are going through a spring heat wave with temperatures reaching 35 Celsius which is 95 Fahrenheit to the British. On Sunday I went to Brighton beach to escape the heat and discovered I had forgotten my cream, not very clever but I managed to do 4 hours before having to escape back to my flat before I fried but the sea was so lovely and calm I could have spent all night there. I kept comparing it to a Sunday in Manchester or a Sunday on a beach recovering from the Saturday night.
Waltzing Matilda
This was the last part of my Australian Citizenship Ceremony, Waltzing Matilda and Waving of Flags, sung by all and led by Richard Thomas, who had an amazing voice and sung with lots of passion. Sorry for the poor quality but I have reduced the file down to a low quality as I did not think you needed to see a HD version of us singing.
44 Celsius Heat Wave
What a crazy week in Melbourne. Temperatures hit 44ºC which to Europe is around 111.2ºF. At 5.52am the temperature was 31.8. I woke up to find my water bed had burst a leak and then remembered I don't have a water bed! LOL
