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Wu hoo, got a public holiday today. And like a true blue Aussie I've taken a bludge[^] day tomorrow to get the 4 day weekend.
It's almost 19:30 and its still 30 degrees outside. Got to a top of 37, and you guessed, it our air-con is out of action. The new one gets installed on the 9th Feb.
It was a good day, the kids (& grandson who is now 4 months old) came round and had a BBQ.
Glad we have a pool, have been in and out all day; & we avoid the beach where the entire population seems to occupy a single stretch.
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Temperature here got to about 34 at midday. It was back below freezing by dinner time. 
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It's nice when it cools off overnight. But we did move to the Gold Coast for the warmth.
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Just cracked 30 in the upper Blue Mountains today. Took herself and a couple of friends to Mt York for a picnic lunch. One of the few nice spots in the upper mountains not overrun with tourists.
Now watching a spectacular light show heading down towards Sydney.
Cheers,
Peter
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I grew up in in Sydney and glad to be out.
But the Blue Mountains is a top spot. My cousin and God Daughter/her family still live in Blaxland and look for the slightest excuse to visit.
I haven't kept track, what's the fire danger like this year?
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Short answer: Forest, not too bad. (Black Summer took out a LOT of fuel.) Grass, particularly inland, starting to burn like mad. Lots of growth over 3 wet years, now drying off.
Disclaimer: You did not hear this from a Deputy Captain in the RFS>
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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I'm partly through (and thoroughly enjoying) Bill Bryson's book about Australia "In a Sunburned Country".
For the folks that know, is it pretty accurate description of your world?
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I don't know, I've never the book. 
When I Googled it:
Quote: It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents, and still Australia teems with life - a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else.
Ignoring such dangers - and yet curiously obsessed by them - Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia and promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him? The people are cheerful, extroverted, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging: their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water; the food is excellent; the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn't get much better than this...
Its's certainly how we like to see ourselves.
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yacCarsten wrote: Glad we have a pool, have been in and out all day; & we avoid the beach where the entire population seems to occupy a single stretch.
Why not go to a different stretch then and have a private beach? 🤔
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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Dan Neely wrote: private beach
Near Sydney, I  there is no such place within 100km that will not be overrun on a hot public holiday.
Cairns on the other hand is hot, wet and we have no problem finding a quiet beach.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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That's because you locals guard your beaches with stingers and crocs
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C or F - too lazy to do conversion.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Would not be swimming if that was Fahrenheit. 
37C = 98.6F
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Feels like TX.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Wondrous sounds, like miners tally. (7)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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AWESOME?
Sounds line "Ore? Some." and meaning "wonderous"?
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Yep. I had "ORE SUM" in mind as the homophone.
YAUT!
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Not sure if "ORE" and "AWE" are pronounced the same... ? 
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. -Anon
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Down under, definitely.
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and the UK
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Where's the tally bit ?
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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"How much ore did you dig today, Joe?"
"Some."
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Uhmm the jury is out on homophones in cryptics
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Still nothing to do with tally 
Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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To tally something is to add it up or to sum the values. SUM is a homophone for SOME.
And, in answer to another query in this thread, AWE and ORE (and OAR and OR) are homophones in my variant of English (British).
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