33°C = 91.4 °F

i'm melting. i'm a melty little pool of water on the floor :-( my office doesn't have air conditioning. the library is in 'summer opening hours' which means they kicked me out of the air conditioning several minutes ago.

pitty me

wah

http://www.findlocalweather.com/weat...australia.html

(except that is live updating so it will probably be all cooler when you folks look at it in the middle of the night)

I miss NZ with its pretty yellowyorangeness :-(

except right now the weather is PURRFECT. In the evenings as the sun is setting the air temperature is just perfect. Like being cuddled up in a snuggly warm bed. Sigh. The reverse sleep cycle is surely the thing to do.

[sabby]

((((((((((( Alexandra ))))))))))))

Too bad we all couldn't share a bit of our weather with each other to make us more comfy...LOL. I'll send you some cold air if you send me some warm

Hang in there *incredible melting woman* from the *ice queen*

Hugsss
sabby

[DocJohn]

Funny, we had our first snow of the season here today! Tell ya what, you can come up here and enjoy the snow for a bit, and I'll go down there and enjoy the sweltering heat!!

[Irine]

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we had our first snow of the season here today!

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Haven`t seen real snow for about 15 years..last time was when i was 6

[Mouse_]

HO GOD HOW I WISH I COULD SAY 15YRS AGO I WAS 6, INSTEAD OF 30 LOL!

[froggie2]

I was reading your info and wondering where the hell does she live as We got our first snow yesterday. Melting?.
Makes me really appreciate our double seasons up here in Canada.Winter Snow and summber heat. Just saw the geese go by on their annual junket. The mist is finnally burning off and the sun is coming out. Can I mail you a snow ball? or maybe three. Small, medium and Large. Ready to assesmble. Frosty by air freight.

[Perna]

Those Down Under people living their upside-down lives!

We just keep waking up to rain but now the sun is out. Okay temps too; upper 50's still, 60's tomorrow and Thanksgiving. That will do fine.

Well now, how do you know that it is us, rather than you, who is upside down or rightside up?

http://flourish.org/upsidedownmap/hobodyer-large.jpg

(Except that to call it an 'upsidedown map' begs the question)
And there is NZ (the island in pink by the red line) looking down on y'all ;-)

I can't really imagine snow. Australia is flat and fairly much a desert (aside from the inhabited parts mostly around the coast) so there isn't much snow here. One skifield, I do believe, and rather disapointing for the lack of snow.

I was from the North Island in New Zealand (much warmer than the 'lord of the rings' scenery and snow in the South Island). The Hobbit Village (rolling green hills) weren't so far away from me. Ski fields a couple hours to the south, but I only went once as a kid. So... Never seen it snow.

I'm going to visit the US in January! My first trip out of the Southern Hemisphere! Somewhere in the mid-west so I don't expect it'll be as cold as it gets further north. Apparently it snows sometimes, but the snow doesn't last long on the ground. Will be colder than I'm used to, though. I don't know that I'll get to travel around much this time. But I'm hoping to go to North Carolina for a year from next August and I'll try and do some travelling then...

The hardest thing about the Southern Hemisphere is that because it doesn't get all THAT cold (by objective world standards) we don't prepare well for it. No double glazed (or triple glazed) windows or central heating for us. Often it is actually warmer outside than it is inside and the standard solution to the problem is 'put more clothes on'. Just incase you think I'm whining for no good reason my friends from Canada maintain that Canadian winters are easier to cope with because at least people are prepared for them (with glazed windows, central heating, and indoor malls).

All the native trees in Australasia don't lose their leaves in the winter - because the ground doesn't freeze so they don't need to. The imported varieties do still lose their leaves, though. That means that we don't get the amazing 'falls' that you guys get, though. In fact... We don't even call it 'fall' (we call it autumn), maybe because... It doesn't really.

My friend from England said that living in the North Island of New Zealand was like living inside a giant tupperware container because the weather was temperate all the time. Not much in the way of distinct seasons. I certainly notice the summer / winter shift in Australia, though. I'm just really very grateful that I don't live far up north in Australia (in Queensland or Darwin, for example) because it is MUCH hotter up there and I really don't think I'd cope. Though... They are better prepared for it with air conditioning and swimming pools, I guess...

I miss the tupperware container (weather wise). Though... I wish God thought to put the rain on the OUTSIDE. Apparently they marketed NZ as 'subtropical' to the imigrants in the 1800's. They expected sunny sunny sunny but I think 'subtropical' means rainy rainy rainy really (thats how come the country is so green).

I need to make sure nobody in Australia hears me say this... But I just LOVE it how it hardly ever rains here. I'm sick to death of rain. I know there is a drought on and it sucks for the farmers etc etc etc but the absence of rain is a wonderful thing indeed. Except for having to moisturise about 5 times a day to prevent dermatitus and having to clean all the dust out of your nose a couple times a day to ensure you can breathe of course. We are getting some great storms just as it starts to get dark now. The sky turns black and it thunders. Doesn't rain much (just a couple drops) or a torrent for about 5 minutes (so it doesn't really soak into the rocky ground before it evaporates) but I really like that :-)

[LMo]

You're more than welcome to visit me, Alexandra. I live in a gorgeous region in the US - we have snow all year in the mountains, but the lower elevations, such as the city where I live, are very temperate. It's pretty far from N. Carolina but you won't be disappointed!

Thanks LMo. Not sure how much travel I'll get to do (student scholarship ain't much) but that is very sweet of you :-)

[okiedokie]

Oh...you're in Australia! Your posts really make me itch to travel...I used to travel around excavating archaeological sites when I was in college the first time around and I really loved it.

Perhaps I will reward my next graduation with a nice out-of-country experience! Where would you recommend I visit first?
Okie

PS Doc, I do love the snow, but as LMo so eloquently states, it's only a short drive to all the passes from Seattle...

[LMo]

well, keep it in mind if you find yourself on the west coast. Free place to stay and all...

Thanks LMo thats very sweet of you.

If you are flying all the way to the Southern Hemisphere you might as well visit both Australia and New Zealand (won't cost you that much more if you get a round the world trip). Some tourists manage to do most of NZ in two weeks in a rental car. You can ferry the car between the islands. That is packing it in tight, though. You might like to just do the South Island in that time or take some more time, even.

People typically want to visit the Great Barrier Reef, Ayers Rock, and Alice Springs in Australia. They are all becomming tourist traps, though. As is Queenstown and Rotorua and Taupo in NZ. Australia is a much bigger place (about the same size as the US less Alaska) but most of the middle is a desert. I really don't think you would want to road trip it. It is about 10 hours from Brisbane to Sydney, for example. Local flights would be the way to go and tour busses if you want to see the interrior. Don't go driving into the interior in a rental... The outback can be very rugged and I'd worry about safety in the Northern Territory... You wouldn't want to break down in a car by yourself hours away from where anybody can get to you... There is a film about that...

[EJ711]

We had our first snow here in Kansas today.

[DocClyde]

We missed the tiny bit of snow here in MO, luckily...