We left South Australia about three weeks ago in hopes of "chilling out" after a long, hot Summer at home. We headed, by a meandering route, to Melbourne and then (by ferry) to Tasmania - our "Deep South", and it all started out OK.
As we wandered around in 20 to 24 degrees c. our home city endured 15 days over 35c., several of which were over 40. At the same time they extablished a new metro recortd for the country.
"Clever Us" we chortled to our Tassie friends, but we were soon punished. We settled, you see, in a hillside cabin above a caravan park. Beautiful views, and windowas and glass doors facing the afternoon sun. It all foretold pleasant, relaxing afternoons - But then Tassie got it's own heatwave, and for the past week we've returned each afternoon to an "oven", because the over-30c hot parts in Tassie come in the afternoon, way down here in the South.
You can stop worrying about us, though, because the change came in overnight. Today, the dark clouds are back, the temperature might reach 22, and the locals (though still red and sunburnt) are once again about in sweaters and jackets.
It's Autumn in Tasmania at last - and we have only four days left in which to enjoy it!
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Hi
Good to read your new post. We just arrived back in Washington from California. We had a death in the family.It's good to be home, even though the temp here is rather chilly 41 degrees F (I guess that is about 6 degrees C. Southern California was warmer with temp around 80 degrees F (about 25 degrees C)
I'll try to post a new blog tomorrow.
Jack
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