Hot, or Wot!

yesterday here in Nanango, 2.5 hours north west of Brisbane, it got to 38 today max was 22.2. So Im feeling for you today Bob.
Cheers Bruce

Bob.

More for our tourist friend to think about. Note the footwear.
Another news flash.

AN Irish tourist and his daughter had to be airlifted off Uluru after they succumbed to the blazing desert heat.

Soaring temperatures forced rangers to close the climb on Uluru yesterday morning, after the family was already about 100m up the rock.

It takes roughly two hours to complete the 348m climb, which has claimed the lives of at least 35 people over the years.

A tour operator raised the alarm after noticing the man and his 13-year-old daughter in distress.

The father was suffering extreme blistering and dehydration while his daughter was having difficulty breathing.

"He started to get blistered feet and had tied his shirt around his feet but they were too chopped up," said a spokeswoman for Parks Australia North.

A guide reached the pair and helped them to one of four spots on the rock where helicopters can land.

The man was treated for his blisters and put on a drip while the ranger, who raced up the rock in the midday heat, was today in hospital receiving treatment for an injured leg.

The family, touring Australia and New Zealand, bought Uluru's rangers a slab of soft drink to thank them.

They have also offered to pay the $600 cost of the helicopter.

Parks Australia North warned anyone climbing Uluru to wear appropriate footwear, take plenty of water and avoid the climb when temperatures rise above 36C.

Regards

That's far too hot to be nice Bob, how the hell can you enjoy a BBQ and a few drinks in those temps. I like the cool sea beeze living that by the coast brings to my backyard in summer. A nice 35 here in Geelong at the moment, the BBQ is about to be fired and a few tinnies sunk. Good luck for tomorrow.

Bob,

If it gets much hotter you won't need fences as there will be nothing left alive to fence in or out.

Stay cooooolllll!!!!!!!!!!

My partner is working out at moranbah where it's been hitting 38 deg, which isn't so bad until he has to get in the engine room of the digger then it heats up to 60 or more degrees, I give him and all the other boys full points for doing that kind of work.

cackles

Was low 30's here today and Jen was sweating!! I am sure she would love to come and visit sometime! It is hard to imagine what it must be like to be working in temperatures like that.

We have great memories of our trips north - April was about the hottest we could stand. Hi to all.

Andrew and Jen

Hi Bob

It was a cool 40 here today in the middle south and overcast to boot putting some humidity into the heat. Sign of things to come...dunno? They say it won't rain till February.

Cheers