“HOT!” 06 Jan 1910. 110 years ago they grumbled, but they had figured out what Australia was like. Now it should be like someplace else. The writer here says he’s sweating. Let today’s writers sweat it out with no AC and a taste of the good old days they want back. You think they won’t be grumbling or worse?

“HOT” (1910, January 6). The Register (Adelaide, SA : 1901 – 1929), p. 6. Retrieved January 19, 2020, from https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/60153966?searchTerm=hot%20summers%20and%20cold%20winters&searchLimits=# […]

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NSW faces the worst bushfires ever. 24 Sep 1980 ‘WE’RE SITTING ON A POWDER KEG. Spring has just started, yet already the State is experiencing its first bushfires.

NSW faces the worst bushfires ever ‘WE’RE SITTING ON A POWDER KEG’ (1980, September 24). The Australian Women’s Weekly (1933 […]

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It has been hotter, fires have burnt larger areas. Jennifer Marohasy

https://jennifermarohasy.com/2020/01/it-has-been-hotter-fires-have-burnt-larger-areas/ The word unprecedented is applied to almost every bad thing that happens at the moment, as though particular events […]

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My car says it’s now 11 degrees outside. 10:20 am in Nuggetty Victoria on the 36th day of summer

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV60801/IDV60801.94855.shtml Bendigo 12.5

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Blistering Heat. So why am I waking up to the coldest summer mornings in my 65 year memory?

https://7news.com.au/weather/melbourne-weather/melbourne-weather-records-set-to-be-shattered-with-blistering-temps-forecast–c-609548 BOM can measure all the short time frame adjusted and homogenised temperatures they want at their urban heat sink […]

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My car says it’s now 10 degrees outside. 6.05 am in Nuggetty Victoria on the 22nd day of summer

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDV60801/IDV60801.94855.shtml Bendigo 9.9 I’m dressed as if it’s winter, and still haven’t put away the firewood and stuff from the […]

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