Holy snapping duck S**t batman that's hot. Hope there are no fires, this is the sort of weather Melbourne was getting 2 years ago.
Where I am is supposed to be the coolest place in Queensland and it's nudging 40 and hotter tomorrow.

Rick, it is weird .... tomorrow will be 25C .... we will drop 20 degrees overnight. Bloody hell, the temperature tomorrow night will go to 17 ... practically winter if you ask me

This cycling has happened a few weeks ago ... no idea what has happened to our normally sane summer and the temperature in mid 30s.

Yeah we had our doona on 2 nights ago and the fan on with a sheet last night. I am seriously considering putting Air conditioning in. When we built here 15 years ago we were told nobody has air conditioning in Stanthorpe so we didn't put it in and for 10 years all was right. Even the lizards are carring a water bag now.

yep was a nice change to stay over at seaniis place a week or so ago....much better nights than sydney

did i just read that sydney hit 45.7 .?..(western suburbs much hotter )

As my wife, who was born in Cheshire would say " you can fry an egg on the pavement"....if we had a pavement

If it was only 45 it would be pleasant.

I missed the temp guage when it said 49. This was while driving (stopped at lights) shhhh
The car was in the shade all day and read 41 when I got in it. 20 minutes later was 49


Hoping all the firies are safe and they catch and kick any bastard found lighting a fire.
Really are some dick heads out there.

You beat me on that one Rossco, S'pose its a bit cooler where I am,
It felt about 10 degrees warmer on the move.



I'm with you regards those little firebugs.
Certainly nothing compared to what the firefighters go through at this time of year, Great effort by the guys.( meaning girls as well)

Phew! I don't envy you guys, I won't complain about our minus 2 all day today....at least the snow looks pretty.

Paul.

You gotta come around here, it is only 38ºC, all the year...except for December when goes all the way down to 35º
Best regards
JAP

We live in the greenest and coolest part of the state and yesterday had to pack up our cars and get ready to move out as a fire headed our way. Luckily the helicopter fire bombing worked. Must be dry elsewhere if we are having this. Good luck with the next cycle mid next week.
I packed my helmets and jacket just in case and said goodbye to the brick but was premature.
RT

RT wrote:We live in the greenest and coolest part of the state and yesterday had to pack up our cars and get ready to move out as a fire headed our way. ....
I packed my helmets and jacket just in case and said goodbye to the brick but was premature.
RT

This is what RT is talking about ... Sydney north side ... thankfully it was put out before it threatened anyone.


hmmm... thinking of moving to Singapore for some mild tropical weather

I was planning to take the bike to go to work, but it was few degrees too cold.
The temperature felt like -25. Even with the heat at the maximum on the car, the snow was freezing on the windshield. My average speed on the highway today was ...... 7 km/h (according to the GPS)
People were sliding all over the roads.
Sunday will be +5 and Tuesday we may get 40cm of snow.
Please send me a bit of your heat and in return, I will send you ice.

32 here in Guyra yesterday. That's hot as it gets.
Went back down to about 14 overnight.
And they wonder why I live on top of the hill!

G'day All, yep, yesterday was the hottest day on record here in Newcastle - nudging 45 degC. The aircon could hardly cope. Luckily there are no fires nearby and the temp. has dropped by 20 deg.overnight. I feel for the firefighters who are doing a fantastic job. The helicopters did a great job near your place RT. Cheers Tom Grabau

What part of Newie are you in, Tom?

D'day Sakson7, I'm just down the road from Rick-meister at Adamstown. Guyra is usually the coldest place in the Universe. Great trip you had recently - fantastic photos. Cheers Tom Grabau

Sirens, choppers, smoke, it's going to be a warm day.

I moved the K and 2 other bikes to a safe place last night.  We're packed and ready to move out.  The house is as ready as it can be, we're wetting down any areas that might burn with embers that fly around.  Our little town is relatively safe compared to many others due to the massive efforts of the fire crews the last week, but still its best not to be here when the weather turns today.  Heading to little brothers place for tonight.

Al

Good luck Al, my daughter is up at Warrimoo so I can sympathise with all of you. Keep safe is the main thing.

Gosh, Al, that's really scary; it's frightening enough seeing the BBC news footage, but when someone you know is ready to move out.........well, I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.

Good luck,
Paul.

What SCP said AL. Keep yourselves safe the rest is only stuff but hopefully it will be spared. 

I can't believe that people actually start fires in those conditions deliberately.

All the best Al I do hope you don't lose another one to fire.

We are in a bad situation here but fortunately nothing has happened and thats the way we like it.

looks like a tough day ahead for many, stay safe Al.
good to hear you've tucked the kids away.

I wish you rain, a lot of rain (but not enough to flood your basements).
Keep safe.

CF

Spare a thought for Klomply, I think he is out fighting the fires.

NSW Rural Fire Service fire map. Live updates

RFS

Stupid thing is we had rain last night. Bucketed down  for hours. Unfortunately not enough to put out all the fires, but enough to stop the firies from back burning as today is the predicted 'bad one'.
Maybe a few basements need to be flooded.

Wind gusts are the main issue still.  we're watching the fire to our north-west, the smoke is blowing east.  Nothing coming our way at this stage

Strange day yesterday

Drove from Sydney to Canberra (260km or so). Got half way and the temperature dropped to 16C and stayed like that in Canberra for the most of the day. Got really cold ... had to seek a sunny spot and a hot coffee to warm up

Got back to Sydney and it took until 9pm for the outside temp to drop to around 20C. 

Someone said they they had snow further south in the mountains ... crazy stuff.

 

Take care guys hope it all ends well the uk news is giving it a lot of cover they reckon some of it may have been accidently started by a spark from a military exercise, all the best.

The latest news indicates a pilot has died while fire fighting the blaze sad news indeed.

BIG D

I have been watching news of these fires and the heat in Australia. I really hope it won't get any worse down there!

Sometimes it is nice to live up north... Although our riding season is only about 6-7 months / year, we do not have any extreme weather in here at all. (I don't think -30 celcius is extreme compared to +45 or some tropical strorms etc.)

BIG D wrote: 

Take care guys hope it all ends well the uk news is giving it a lot of cover they reckon some of it may have been accidently started by a spark from a military exercise, all the best.

The latest news indicates a pilot has died while fire fighting the blaze sad news indeed.

BIG D

The whole state has a total fire ban and the army thinks they can just start lobbing bombs into dry bush.
3 houses gone and who knows how many acres of land burnt apparently directly attributable to the army exercises yet if I had lit a bbq in suburban sydney I would have been in the lock up.

And we still have folks who think it is fun to light fires and watch how many houses thye can burn down.
I would like to say there is no lower form of life, but in the real world there is.
It is very sad indeed.
And just a thought to the Klompenhouwe family. Not only is Mr K a volunteer firey, but so to are his son, daughter and wife.
Stay safe guys.

Tenox wrote:I have been watching news of these fires and the heat in Australia. I really hope it won't get any worse down there!

Sometimes it is nice to live up north... Although our riding season is only about 6-7 months / year, we do not have any extreme weather in here at all. (I don't think -30 celcius is extreme compared to +45 or some tropical strorms etc.)

Tenox, I have mentioned to you on numerous occasions you should come to where the riding season is 12 months long. Reading these reports must make you wonder.
Look on the bright side.
The road kill is already medium - well done by the time you find it.

BIG DThe latest news indicates a pilot has died while fire fighting the blaze sad news indeed.

I believe it was a fixed wing aircraft not a fire fighting helo, not a lot of info yet.



I remember police arriving at Tottingham looking for who started a bon fire during a total fire ban.

Give it 4 months and everyone will be under water ... Summers down here are very extreme.

Defence (air force I think) started the fire and admitted that they did. This is now to be decided by the lawyers

Think about us this is going to be a very loooong summer and the fires are early this year.

The reason many of us are spooked is this: My place (read dot) is surrounded and we haven't had any fires in my suburb for about 10 years.