Comments on: Summer of love

By: seepi

seepi — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 18:13:25 +0000

I’ve been using 2L fruit juice and milk bottles to get the bath water outside – they are so much easier to carry than buckets – and they have lids to stop spillage.

By: din

din — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 05:20:55 +0000

Ah the joy of a PC in this ghastly weather. Another good site is http://www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/~awatkins/melbtemp.html which allow you to watch a graph of the temperature rise or drop (they update every 15 minutes I think). Or am I just reveiling what a nerdy mum I am?

By: emily

emily — Sat, 20 Jan 2007 00:47:32 +0000

One of the best ways for me to endure hot summers is the CD by B-52’s “cosmic thing”. Love this one…and Bushfire seems esp. relevant to what you’re going through…

By: Krissy

Krissy — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 21:18:45 +0000

My nickname is “junior weather watcher” – I can see I’m not alone in this b.o.m. obsession! Sending you some mild summer vibes from Perth – hope you’re getting lots of rain.

By: Justine

Justine — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:42:18 +0000

I am glad I’m not the only one obsessed with the Bureau of Meteorology website – I have six of their pages bookmarked, and check them frequently. Isn’t it fantastic following the frontlines (ie rain & cool change) in on the radar?

By: lizz

lizz — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:28:35 +0000

Speaking of ‘unbearably American’, I can’t believe you used ‘flip-flops’ in your post instead of thongs!

The hot weather would be ok if it were just hot, but the moisture hanging in the air just makes it humid and gross..it’s currently raining where I live and I still have the airconditioner on because of the humidity!

By: susannah

susannah — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 19:16:24 +0000

I am going to say it too. I hate Summer. (well ok, I love my Summer childhood memories but as an adult have never been a fan of these oppressive 35+ days)

Bring on the Melbourne drizzle!

By: librarygirl

librarygirl — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:26:28 +0000

Is there a sweeter sound in Melbourne this summer than waking to rain on the roof like we did this morning?
Hang in there girls, only 40 days til the first day of Autumn!

By: Anthony

Anthony — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 18:02:35 +0000

You can drain/siphon a bath tub using a hose as long as the bath end is higher than the garden end. You have to get the water flowing first though, the best way is to put the nozzle end of the hose in the bath and turn it on to fill up the hose fully. The water should then drain back through the other way once you disconnect it from the tap. I haven’t tried it yet but my grandfather assures me it works…

By: wendy

wendy — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 17:31:57 +0000

I was feeling awfullly guilty about the kids bath water too but the slog with the buckets was too much of an ordeal at the end of the day. However we bought a small water feature pump (approx $12) and some clear hosing and now the water makes its own way (via window) to the vegie patch.