Summer heat.

[5FDP]

The thing that sucks about all this heat are the cracks appearing in my walls, mostly up around the ceiling. Plus my doors are jamming and the locks aren't lining up

[Autocon]

55 homes were lost during the fires in Perth. Its nice to see the sporting fraternity step up and help those in need.

[liegeprime]

The thing that sucks about all this heat are the cracks appearing in my walls, mostly up around the ceiling. Plus my doors are jamming and the locks aren't lining up

ooooh, the wood are swelling? Not good, that means the builder used untreated wood them :O...that's bad...

[Spiritprime]

I'm just getting so sick of this heatwave. Last night it got to the point I couldn't sleep at all! I'm one of those cautious people when it comes to using my air conditioner due to electricity bills and I was an idiot to not have used it when I could've in order to have slept soundly.

I'm hoping you people are doing a lot better than me.

[Bartrim]

I hate when I get home from work at 7 PM and to go to jump in the pool to cool off and it's like a bath tub

On the plus side at least I don't get that horrifying moment when the cold water first hits the "sensitive" areas of the body

[1AZRAEL1]

Sweltering. Stuck inside a moving hot tin can for another 40mins.

Found one of the best places to go to on a hot day, ice skating rink. Went there last night in tshirt and shorts. Was awesome til I had to leave lol, but at least it was 8.30pm so was slightly cooler outside than previous.

[5FDP]

ooooh, the wood are swelling? Not good, that means the builder used untreated wood them :O...that's bad...

Did you even read that before posting it

Nah, it's the clay that all houses in my suburb were built on. One of our neighbours at one point wanted to build up but they were told by council that they couldn't as the house would sink given the clay foundation. They ended up moving instead. It's all good, when winter comes back and it rains everything will sort itself out.

[Hursticon]

...Nah, it's the clay that all houses in my suburb were built on...

I was going to ask when you had moved to Dapto?
The land we sit on is essentially one giant flood plain, hence it's extremely common to see the same symptoms in practically every house in the suburb.

[UltraMarginal]

Well I feel justified in how obsessed I've been with running the drippers and sprinklers during the heatwave.

The dam was empty and I was getting it filled this morning. Due to it being empty I couldnt do my morning watering and so we took Orion to the park and then to visit his Grandmother.

Came home just before noon - my fruit tree's were all looking like they were dying, the corn was frizzling etc etc - and this is all from missing ONE water!

Fricken heatwave! 4th day in a row of 45 here - and they say it will drop down to only 39 tomorrow - oh joy.

My challenge to myself is to not lose one tree or plant to the heat this summer - it's cutting close as I have two tree's which look like they are ready to cark it at any moment

I commend you sir, we're struggling to keep the plants alive in our courtyard, and that's without the temp going over 35...

[Kazza]

Finally the cool change has hit Melbourne.