The blogger page won't allow us to upload any photos at the moment, so we will give you an update on the news out of Australia. You'll just have to use your imagination until we get our photo problems sorted out!
The big news right now in Australia is the weather. This week was the second anniversary of the devastating floods that cut across Queensland. Those flooding events followed intensive rainfall throughout the spring and summer. Now, two years later, rainfall has been less than normal, and there are fires burning throughout the counrty. Many of these fires are caused by lightning strikes, some are caused by sparks from vehicles and a few are deliberately lit. Any arsonists that are caught are in serious trouble with the law and are lucky to be in police protection! In addition to the fires, they are expecting a massive tropical storm to wreak havoc in Western Australia.
Right in Brisbane we are free of fires, but we have had two weeks of highs over 30, with humidity over 50%. Some days it feels like trying to move around in a sauna! We have finally had to join a gym so that we can walk on a treadmill for some exercise. It has been weeks since we have walked to or from work, and the forecast is for more of the same this week ("cooling" is considered anything below 30, so we might have a cold day of 29C this week, but we will have higher humidity, so it is not really any better!)
In 10 days we head to Melbourne, where in one week they will have a temperature range of 20 - 40C...and that is sometimes all in the same day. We will be watching tennis, so hopefully the roof is closed and the air conditioning is on!
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