I remember a long time ago, arriving into JFK at midnight in September.
I left Melbourne which was at near 8 C all day. I got into JFK and it was around 30 C with 100% humidity.
It was that thick of water vapour in the air, it was fog. I've never seen that before, being a Melbournite. (in a heat sense not a cold sense)
It never receives the water volume Cairns get, true, but the Humidity is just the same.

I think it has to do with the large water volume around the city, smog and the people creating heat (air conditioners / cars / buildings)

New Yorkers are full of hot air.

Sydney forecast for the 8th (when you arrive I gather from your previous post) is 34C/93F city and 42C/108F west so just wait till you meet our "hot air".

Melbourne has just had about 5 or 6 consecutive days at about 44C/111F. Melbourne in general seems to have much more consistant heatwave days over summer than Sydney as I don't believe it experiences the southerly winds which Sydney receives on most summer days.

Melbourne had 3 consecutive days above 40, Its SA that seems to have had 5 days above the 40's (according to the NEWS). There is currently the sound of thunder here in Melbourne if it turns into good rain we will see.

wonderful...

I think it was six days in a row over 40 degrees over here. We've had a bit of respite today. It was only 39 degrees.

Wednesday Dry. Mostly sunny. Min 22 Max 38
Thursday Dry. Mostly sunny. Min 21 Max 37
Friday Dry. Mostly sunny. Min 19 Max 35
Saturday Milder change. Min 22 Max 30
Sunday Fine. Partly cloudy. Min 17 Max 25

Looking forward to Sunday, I tell ya.

Hi mate,
if u get desperate enough for fruitpicking in NSW, Pacific Fresh offer orange picking/sorting/packing positions before most of the local guys. They are located in Leeton/Yanco NSW and offer onsite accommodation and a bus service into town. Pay rates are around $12/hr, unfortunately without overtime.
Narrandera airport is less than 30mins away as well for a quick getaway.

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Mate if you are fit enough and dont mind a little hard yakka furniture removalists are always lookin for laubours I have a mate here from the states atm he was in melb for quite some time and now is on the gold coast he is livin large and gettin plenty( girls and work ). Also most places will pay half decent cash and i mean cash too normally between 15-20 ph Pm me if you want some work or some numbers of some companys that you can deal with thanks mate. :mrsparkle

wow thanks guys for the help! I will definitely stay in touch once I'm there.

right now I have a few interviews scheduled for the field that I'm in... we'll see how that goes. if i'm desparate, and it looks very likely from where I'm sitting, I'll do whatever it takes... i'm not afraid of work and want to keep busy.

I can't believe I'm flying out tomorrow morning!

Just been reading this thread, you'll love it down here, but man it's hot atm! have a good flight!

Thank the gods for air conditioning !!!
:yelrotflm

we have a canadian chick living us now, she just mows lawns and stuff for movie, but she is staying here for free cause she is mates with one of my mates that i live with

Its going to be 43 in Melbourne tomorrow, no aircon ftl. Lets hope you don't touch down here tomorrow our time.

I love it already, thanks to Meg!

--Russ

What field would that be exactly??





p.s. as for this Experience Australia forum, no need to be shy about info :yummy:

I.S. :yelrotflm

had my first interview... it went rather well (almost too well if you want to be cynical)


I'm happy that nobody slammed the door in my face so far, a few more interviews to go before I settle down!

funny how this thread progressed...

So how is the stay coming along? what have you done in australia so far mate?