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  • After more than 2 weeks of 40+ degrees heat, the tropical Cyclone Fritz finally arrived and brought 3 days of rain and thunderstorm. The Leichhardt River was finally flowing again.

    Ironically, while we were enjoying the cool weather (still hovering at around 35C) the mercury hit 41C in Brisbane and boy did they let us know all about it.

    In the lead up to the Brisbane record temperature bus drivers refused to work, trains went slow, there were please for schools to close and some people even suggested new work conditions - when it gets too hot we should stop work.

    The whingeing that moaned out of Brisbane in the last week, just because the temperature went over 40 degrees for 2 consecutive days, was astonishing. The caterwauling actually started 5 days before the heat arrived. The anticipation made headlines for days but when the real thing came, the media really overdosed. It was as if the end of the world were coming.

    Well these people want to try working down a mine, in a sheep shed, a cattle station or on the roads in the North-West during the summer.

    Funny how normally when we say it is a bit hot those in the city say we chose to live here so put up with it. Well, now they've had a taste of what hot weather is all about. They seem to forget they've many options for escaping the heat - seven-day shopping in huge air-conditioned malls, multi-cinema complex, lots of water parks, and of course the beach. Yes, we have some of this in miniature but there is definitely no beach and seven-day shopping.

    Now, the South-East corner of the State has felt the impact of 41C degree heat they might be a little more sympathetic to schools in the north being air-conditioned.

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