Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 People often say Australia is hot, but don’t realise how the climates change in each State. ‘Look at Queensland you can have the tropical rainforests from Townsville to Cooktown. This 80 million years old tropical landscape is older than the Amazon and at 9000sq km is the size of somewhere like Cyprus. It consists of 30 National Parks and 2 World Heritage Areas, one of them being Cape Tribulation where the rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef. Then still in Queensland you have over 51% of the State suffering the worst drought ever recorded. And whilst all this is happening in the North, Victoria can go from one extreme to another. One month you can have Bush fires and the next snow. In fact people often joke that in Melbourne you can have 4 seasons in one day, but they are correct, it really does happen. You will find most retirees head North from May - November for the lovely warm weather and then head back down South for their summer. If you are on a WHV and travelling I would also suggest you look at the months and do the Top End in the dry season and then head to the South of Australia from November until May. So to give you some idea of what the climates are like around Australia we found this map which will hopefully give you some idea on what temperatures to expect. This post has been promoted to an article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 1 hour ago, The Pom Queen said: People often say Australia is hot, but don’t realise how the climates change in each State. ‘Look at Queensland you can have the tropical rainforests from Townsville to Cooktown. This 80 million years old tropical landscape is older than the Amazon and at 9000sq km is the size of somewhere like Cyprus. It consists of 30 National Parks and 2 World Heritage Areas, one of them being Cape Tribulation where the rainforest meets the Great Barrier Reef. Then still in Queensland you have over 51% of the State suffering the worst drought ever recorded. And whilst all this is happening in the North, Victoria can go from one extreme to another. One month you can have Bush fires and the next snow. In fact people often joke that in Melbourne you can have 4 seasons in one day, but they are correct, it really does happen. You will find most retirees head North from May - November for the lovely warm weather and then head back down South for their summer. If you are on a WHV and travelling I would also suggest you look at the months and do the Top End in the dry season and then head to the South of Australia from November until May. So to give you some idea of what the climates are like around Australia we found this map which will hopefully give you some idea on what temperatures to expect. This post has been promoted to an article That is verily excellent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted October 21, 2018 Share Posted October 21, 2018 Hottest I’ve seen was 49C (120F) at Wallal Station, on the edge of The Great Sandy Desert, WA. It is now the Sandfire roadhouse... Cheers, Bobj. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 In 1983 during the Victorian Ash Wednesday bushfires I remember 43C and during the last bad bushfires Feb 2009 it reached 47C- I remember even the rocks on the ground were too hot to touch. Every Summer you have to wear shoes on the beaches because the sand is too hot to walk on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 3 hours ago, starlight7 said: In 1983 during the Victorian Ash Wednesday bushfires I remember 43C and during the last bad bushfires Feb 2009 it reached 47C- I remember even the rocks on the ground were too hot to touch. Every Summer you have to wear shoes on the beaches because the sand is too hot to walk on. Yeah, that was a bugger of a day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Pom Queen Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 6 hours ago, Quoll said: Yeah, that was a bugger of a day! I remember the day well. I can remember commenting to Hubby it was like being under a hairdryer with the heat setting on full. We were in the suburbs but still had fires and lost houses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alltogethernow Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 It's very nice, and bearable, down here in Melbourne ATN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
can1983 Posted October 22, 2018 Share Posted October 22, 2018 Who makes this stuff up. Hobart is the same climate as southern chile! WTF Record low for Punta Arenas in southern chile is -14.2ºC, Hobart is -2.8ºC Record High for Punta Arenas is 27ºC, Hobart is 41.8ºC Köppen climate classification for Southern Chile is subpolar oceanic climate, Hobart is oceanic climate There is no difference in climate classification between Burnie and Hobart! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unzippy Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Alltogethernow said: It's very nice, and bearable, down here in Melbourne ATN Hah! We landed on Jan 5th this year, the day after we had 4 properties lined up to visit. We were pounding the streets in 42deg, thinking what had we done! it wasn't bearable in the slightest. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marisawright Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 8 minutes ago, unzippy said: Hah! We landed on Jan 5th this year, the day after we had 4 properties lined up to visit. We were pounding the streets in 42deg, thinking what had we done! it wasn't bearable in the slightest. The good thing about Melbourne is that even on a very hot day, it's usually cool early in the morning and then it cools down again at the end of the day. What I used to hate about Sydney summers was that it was hot by 10am, and then it didn't cool down much till the early hours of the following morning, unless there was a thunderstorm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 1 hour ago, unzippy said: Hah! We landed on Jan 5th this year, the day after we had 4 properties lined up to visit. We were pounding the streets in 42deg, thinking what had we done! it wasn't bearable in the slightest. I remember Melbourne weather in the early/mid 70’s. Ice on the parade ground at RAAF Laverton in the winter, or being sent home at 3:00 pm as the Nissan huts used for training were just too hot in the summer. Character building 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 4 hours ago, unzippy said: Hah! We landed on Jan 5th this year, the day after we had 4 properties lined up to visit. We were pounding the streets in 42deg, thinking what had we done! it wasn't bearable in the slightest. On our visit a couple of years ago one day in Ballarat was an unbearable 40 something and the next day the max was 13 by which time we were freezing in Daylesford. Anything over 25 is too hot for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benj1980 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Fresh off the boat (plane obviously) I volunteered to help a friend of mine so he could be done for Christmas. He is a carpenter and was completing a deck, I come from a building/trade family so not completely useless, until I faced the 37 degree heat! Mid December just North of Mandurah with no breeze in the morning, pools of water everywhere. I learnt very quickly to respect the heat and my 1 litre bottle of water wasn't going to cut it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s713 Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 For me in Perth, spring and autumn are best. Weather is nice this time of year, pleasant in the day, nice and cool at night. Same for April/May. The summer is too hot really and the winter is a bit miz and cold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Neighbours were just telling me that when it was 37C in Sydney last week it was 18C here in Devonport (Tas). Anything over 25C is a bit too hot for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metoo Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 A lovely 31 degs here in QLD today. Not a cloud in the sky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 17 minutes ago, Metoo said: A lovely 31 degs here in QLD today. Not a cloud in the sky Yes, there is a stiff breeze to keep it comfortable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Got rain, and by golly we need it. Temp gone from 34C a few days back to 12.6C now. Bit of a change Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metoo Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Indeed, it is quite windy but it dried the washing in about 20 mins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Got the fire on just now. Couple of days ago I was baking hot chucking all the bed covers off. Aaahh- Melbourne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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