Yeah, for me 25ºC during the day ( Board shorts and a tee shirt ) down to 15ºC at night.

And if you come to Australia Zalister , you just have to try this.
http://www.forwardon.com/view.php?e=...5fcca2a5&p=457

Stewie

We were up in Cairns a few years ago at the end of September and it was about 28ºC every day then down to about 18ºC overnight and that was just perfect. Warm enough during the day to do some bush walking through some rain forest or go off for some snorkeling then cool enough overnight to sleep. Shorts and t-shirt all week (then we flew back to 11ºC in Melbourne).

If anybody needs cooling off or wants some snow, you could come here. We have just below 0°F -20°C and we got about a foot 30cm of powder snow in the last 48 hours so now we have about 2 feet of snow. Any takers?

I'll take ten kilos please shipped by email to 2096 NSW, Australia.
Let me know how much ;-)

Stewie

My mail program didn't accept that as an address. Where should the dots and @ be ? :D

Unfortunately our heat wave has turned deadly serious.

Up to 40 people have died today as gale force winds and temperatures up to 48ºC caused major bushfires across Southern Australia, and hundreds of homes may have been destroyed.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/events/bushfires/

Regrettably I underestimated the severity of the Australian bushfires, they are now the worst in Australia's history and fires are still raging.

Currently the death toll is 84 confirmed and many more are still unaccounted for.

At least 700 homes have been destroyed. Many small towns have been wiped out.

We are just stunned. Please pause and spare a thought for those affected by this tragedy.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...08/2485648.htm

In the UK, we're having the heaviest snowfall for 30 years. Is it my imagination, or is extreme weather becoming much more common?

Hard to say if it's a trend, but this year has been interesting, that's for sure...

@dandj -- Wow, that's terrible! Is there any sort of relief fund being put together? It kind of reminds me of the blazes we had this last summer in California... The West Coast of the US always seems to catch on fire during the summer.

Anyway, hopefully things get better over there. Tell us if a fund or something is set up so that we can be of assistance.

EDIT: Don't I feel dumb... the article that was linked has a link to a relief fund for anyone who wants to donate

Another EDIT: Okay, the article only links another article that talks about the relief fund, but has no links to it. Does anyone know how to actually contribute to the fund?

Donations can be made to the Victorian Bushfire Relief Fund through the National Australia Bank, and other relief agencies. See these links.

http://www.nab.com.au/wps/wcm/connect/nab/nab/home/About_Us/8/5/14/NAB+establishes+$1+Million+bushfire+relief+fund

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/sto...8-2862,00.html

The death toll now stands at 108 but thousands of people are deeply affected by this catastrophe, which is not over yet.

Thank you for your concern and support.

Yes... if you add vodka around the ice ;-)

I just wanted to use this thread to tell everyone affected by the fires in Australia that they have my support.

Australian is a nice country, with nice people. I loved the time when I was living there.