Thread: Victorians 42° plus day tommorow

Originally Posted by Bigbjorn

I 'phoned friends in Warrnambool to ask how they were coping with the heat. "What heat" was the reply. It got up to 29 and then a cool change came and 'twas 21 late afternoon. I said that the forecast for Melbourne was 42. She replied that it serves people right for living there.

Yes it was hardly a ‘heat wave’ down here. It was hotter on the 6th-7th of December.

The great benefit of living near Warrnambool is the cool change late afternoon. Though the fluctuating temperature is exhausting at times.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

They missed one, Ron.

Notable residentsEdit

• Edwin Evans (1849–1921), Australian cricketer
• William Carter (1902–1952), Australian silent film actor, lived at Westbank House, a substantial estate and orchard now subdivided and facing Nepean Street
• Sir Francis Forbes (1784–1841), chief justice of New South Wales, who built the house Edinglassie at Emu Plains
• Gerald Lewers (1905–1962) and Margo Lewers (1908–1978), artists who donated their house as the Penrith Regional Art Gallery
• Toby Ryan (1818–1899), early landholder, sportsman and politician

I've never heard of Evans, Ryan, nor Carter. I think Edinglassie house has gone. Edinglassie is a retirement village now. The old church is still there and in use. It's at the end of my street. Forbes St is the next street parallel to mine.
WestBank is still there and was restored by a chap I know. He spent ages stripping pain to off the cedar doors and restoring them. He was distressed when he sold the house and the new owner painted the door. There is a WestBank Street nearby.

Lowers owned Farley and Lewers concrete - their big pink concrete mixers were a common sight around the region years back. The gallery is in walking distance an we sometimes go there or brunch or coffee. We used to go more often until the council banned dogs even though there was never an issue with dogs according to the cafe owner. There's more of a problem with kids in the gardens.

Originally Posted by V8Ian

It hasn't been particularly hot, but by cricky it's been muggy. I was drenched by five this morning.

Same today,bloody humid and hot.

Got to a very humid 42 in East Kurrajong this afternoon. Fires just down the road at south Maroota. The temp dropped 20 degrees in about half an hour and now steady rain and that horrible humidity has gone..