It’s freezing here

Nanna8, I have read that many Australian homes are not insulated very well, making you feel the cold even more. Do your trees loose their leaves in winter, or do you have more evergreens?

We could use a bit of the drier weather here... cool and cloudy. We had the wettest May since 1909. The grass is lovely and green, but my bedding plants are still the same size as when I planted them. Sweet peas only 4" tall.

nanna8

It is about 1C in the mornings, sometimes freezing. That’s cold. It is 7C just now, early evening. We are at the foot of the Dandenongs so probably a bit colder than the city.

Ooh lucky you, our now AC loved Puffing Billy train rides.

The coldest I have ever been in my life was in Melbourne - flimsy build and inadequate heating - brrr!

Heating is v expensive in the UK and we need it far longer than those in warmer climes. Mine was still on earlier this month and will be back on by September if not earlier. It’s not on now but weather due to change this week, and not for the better so coukd be back on soon.
Why if you have cool winters do you not get better heating systems, wood burners are great, mind you 17 sounds pretty good to me.

Even if we have hot-ish days once the sun has set it usually gets very cold. Despite our current few hot days, I have sat outside in the early evening only twice this year. I am in the SE.

Our nation's capital, Canberra, is just 3 hours from Sydney - yesterday morning it was minus 6!!

Junglebub

The coldest I have ever been in my life was in Melbourne - flimsy build and inadequate heating - brrr!

Brisbane in a draughty Queenslander with gaps in the floorboards!!

Allira

Junglebub

The coldest I have ever been in my life was in Melbourne - flimsy build and inadequate heating - brrr!

Brisbane in a draughty Queenslander with gaps in the floorboards!!

Actually, not as bad as the UK as a child, with ice on the inside of the windows.

Weather is what you are used to. Friends who have lived in Spain for a few years, came back to visit in spring, he had not brought even a jacket with him and didn’t stop moaning about how cold it was here. To us it was a very pleasant spring day. We even had 😎 on.
It’s overcast and miserable here today, our recent few hot days are gone, at least for now. Pity as I am off to Dorset on Saturday for my hols.

It’s lovely here today, breezy and cool. Trouble is my bungalow, which is very well insulated, is still warm…..too warm!