Australian Weather (frost, month, hours, winters)

[Power Storm]

Mainly cloudy and showery today with light winds. No storms. 4.4mm in the gauge thsi morning...

[ausweatherman]

was lightning and thunder here today, 14.5mm since 9am

[ColdCanadian]

Why is Perth Australia's most expensive city?

- lots of money from Western Oz mining, maybe?

How do these other Aussie cities and towns compare for cost of living and/or cost of a house?

-Brisbane
-Sydney
-Adelaide
-Townsville
-Port Hedland
-Broome
-Darwin
-Alice Springs

[Power Storm]

I am not sure CC... Maybe Ausweather will answer the questions or SAB...

Cloudy with a morning shower or two, otherwise fine. Fresh winds today. Radar showing some patchy rain starting to develop about the southwest now and will extend here before a second, heavier band overnight with storms following it, partiularly tomorrow.

[ausweatherman]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Why is Perth Australia's most expensive city?

- lots of money from Western Oz mining, maybe?

How do these other Aussie cities and towns compare for cost of living and/or cost of a house?

-Brisbane
-Sydney
-Adelaide
-Townsville
-Port Hedland
-Broome
-Darwin
-Alice Springs

Hey CC, there are many reasons, Perth used to be very cheap! so many investors from the eastern states bought investment properties over here, also Perth has a great climate probabley best in Aus! Mining boom and Homes for sale shortages also made it more expensive. But that was before...now the home prices average has dropped by $30,000 and there are so many homes for sale that homes stay for sale for months!
hope that answered your question

now the other cities...well sydney is just as expensive as Perth but Sydney is more crowded and has slightly worse climate! Brisbane prices are going up nicely, Port Hedland and Broome are expensive...more expensive than Perth because of the mining and great sunny climates.
Alice Springs would be cheap as it is in the middle of the desert, Darwin is a weather lovers paradise in summer with storms everyday and home prices are going up there, around $400,000 i think. Townsville is near rainforest so it has a tropical climate and prices there are reasonably expensive! if you need to know more just let me know.

[ausweatherman]

Also CC, if you want to see some great discussion on Perth Weather see: waweathergroup.com :: Index

[§AB]

Originally Posted by ColdCanadian

Why is Perth Australia's most expensive city?

I'm not sure mate. Generally it's Melbourne and Sydney that are the most expensive. Melbourne is often seen as the most "American" city of our country, as most see our freeway network and road 'style' to resemble california most, but also we have a distict European vibrance here, due to climate and the trams! Some say Melbourne is the best of both worlds

- lots of money from Western Oz mining, maybe?

Perhaps, I'm starting surveying at uni tomorrow (after 1.5 years of cartography) so I might end up getting jobs in the mines!

How do these other Aussie cities and towns compare for cost of living and/or cost of a house?

-Brisbane
-Sydney
-Adelaide
-Townsville
-Port Hedland
-Broome
-Darwin
-Alice Springs

Port Headland is extremely expensive. It is one of the most expensive cities in the WORLD! It's $700,000 for a residence that resembles a Bangkok slum. That is NO JOKE. I've seen it with my own eyes. Plus..... Port Hedland is at extreme risk from Hurricanes. Only last year they were hit by 300km/h winds. The summer heat is devastating, even for the most die hard heat lover. It is often 40C with 90% humdity and temps of 50C are common. Not a recommended place.

Broome is also very expensive, but it's a very modern town with fantastic homes (most on stilts!), but it is a truly modern town, with really awesome homes most with pools, BUT a typical home usually commands above $400,000. Also be vary of the climate. It's actually the COOLEST place in the Pilbara and Kimberly's, BUT it is EXTREMELY humid and heat indexes above 50ºC are common. That place averages summer dewpoints above 28ºC. Seriously, Broome is one of the most god-foresaken humid towns on the planet. The humidity there has to be expeirenced to be beleived. It expreiences some of the highest average summer lows in the entire country (28ºC average from Nov to March). It is LITERALLY up there with Kuwait, Bahrain and Dubai. It is freaking unbelievable. Forget Houston or Miami, this is the real deal!!!!!!!!! Also, the airport is right in town, and as such airciraft are only a few hundred feet above the town center as they come in. I've got som interesting pics of Flickr if you're interested. It's like a mini Kai Tak!!!

Alice Springs is okay, youcan get a decent home for $300,000, but there is a high crime rate thanks to drunken unemployed aboriginies, however the climate is incredibly dry and one of the sunniest on this planet! Mid winter sunshine averages 10 hours per day

Townsville is a noice place, it is the driest and hottest town on the Queensland coast, you are guaranteed atleast one 40C day a year. Prices are not as exhorbant as the Pilbara or Alice Springs. However, you better like rain, as the summer sees alot of rain and cloud.

Darwin is the hottest year round climate in AUs, (Port Hedland get a respite from the severe summer heat in "winter"), every month averages above 30C, wintersi very dry and sunny but summer sees rain, cloud and storms every day for months on end.

[ausweatherman]

Hey Sab, Perth is more expensive than both melbourne and sydney

[ausweatherman]

wow i never realised port hedland was so expensive Here are figures from: Suburb Profile

Port Hedland, WA 6721

Map Houses

Median Price$750,000 12 Month Price Growth 46.0% Rental Yield- Units

Median Price$615,000 12 Month Price Growth 85.0% Rental Yield

[§AB]

Yep these days it is! But stuff me , Port headland commands above 700grands for a bloody "shed"!!!!!! Incredible. The place looks like an African slum rather than an Australian city. It is also one of the most outragously hot and humid towns on this Earth! Phoenix has NOTHING on Port Hedland! The Australian Northwest is one of the world's hottest areas. Marble Bar, about 100km south of Hedland, averages 44C high temps in summer, and 27C nightime lows. Bloody hell, that makes the Middle East look a kindergarten playground. There are many areas there which don't even have weather stations, and are likely to exceed 130F atleast a couple of times every summer.

there is even one place in South Australia, Lake Eyre, a dry salt pan which is some 80m (250ft) below sea level, I'm certain that summer heat regularly approaches 130F there aswell.

Port Hedland is one of the most expensive cities in the world.

I'm majoring in Surveying, might end up there one day!

BTW, if you're a train enthusiast, port Hedland is your town because the world's biggest trains call at Hedland, some of them over 7km long