The joys of living in Australia

[Marc Montgomery]

Hard to think which is a bit harder to take...40 degrees, or =30

With 40 there are possible options of moving slowly to keep from heat stroke etc, staying in shade, jumping in a pool, and of course old reliable -cold beer. ( or G&T)
And then there's the fact you dont wear much..not bad if there are shapely women in the area...

with -30, you have to shovel out the driveway when the snowplough passes and piles up mounds of snow at the end of the drive after you/ve just spend an hour or more shovelling, even with a snow blower..

Then if theres been lots of snow, you might have worry about shovelling off the roof.
Then you hope the car starts, coz at that cold an old battery gets pretty weak.
And of course for clothes you need thick everything, boots gloves, scarf, mits, hats etc.. of course once in awhile there's an ice storm that knocks out power for a few days....which makes things very uncomfortable with no heat in the house..

BUT at no time are we really in danger of crocodiles, freshwater biting fish, very limited risk of sharks, almost no chance of poison spiders, snakes. and no chance of cane toads..