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I want to move to Melbourne for its weather. I come from Boston; it's not as cold as some Canadian cities, or as manic in temperature as some places in the Midwest, but it can still get cold here. In Melbourne though, it doesn't get cold. According to Wikipedia, the record low is -2.8C
It'll be nice to never have to wear anything more than a sweatshirt
If you want warm, almost everywhere else in the country is a better bet.
if you want sun, EVERYWHERE else in the country is a better bet.
Not droughty. It was first thing in the morning when I woke up. We have a very good comforter to sleep with so we turn the heat down when we go to bed otherwise we are too hot. As soon as we get up the central heating is turned up and the fire is lit.
17C is not that cold for a house during the night. That's only 63F. During the day I turn it up to 75F. The night it got down to -29C the pipes in the kitchen sink froze, forgot to leave the sink cupboard doors open...
The heat tape is only good to -25C, but nothing a space heater under the sink for a few hours can't fix...
I've said this before, Minx .... you live in Heaven. Gorgeous house, gorgeous landscape. Love all that wood in your house, and the woods around it. That's something I miss about Australian houses. Not often you get a lot of wood inside the house, unless it's an older home, like the Federation Style homes. Even our baseboards and cornices aren't wood, neither are the mouldings around doors. We looked into getting real timber floors and the cost was astronomical. I know it's because we don't have a lot of trees, but I miss the warmth of it.
When we lived in Canada, we'd turn the heat right off at night. Even when in Ontario and Quebec. You sleep so well when it's cold, under a nice toasty warm goose-down doona.
I've said this before, Minx .... you live in Heaven. Gorgeous house, gorgeous landscape. Love all that wood in your house, and the woods around it. That's something I miss about Australian houses. Not often you get a lot of wood inside the house, unless it's an older home, like the Federation Style homes. Even our baseboards and cornices aren't wood, neither are the mouldings around doors. We looked into getting real timber floors and the cost was astronomical. I know it's because we don't have a lot of trees, but I miss the warmth of it.
When we lived in Canada, we'd turn the heat right off at night. Even when in Ontario and Quebec. You sleep so well when it's cold, under a nice toasty warm goose-down doona.
Love your dawgy! Black lab?
My heating bill is quite low in NH. I only turn on my heat for 30-40 minutes a t tonight and perhaps in the morning for 30 minutes. The wonders of good insulation!
You sleep so well when it's cold, under a nice toasty warm goose-down doona.
Love your dawgy! Black lab?
Yes you do....nice and toasty....
The dawgy's name is Jager and yes he is a black lab. But you haven't met Ice. He is a 12 week old Alaskan Malamute. He's about to rip into his Christmas present....
The dawgy's name is Jager and yes he is a black lab. But you haven't met Ice. He is a 12 week old Alaskan Malamute. He's about to rip into his Christmas present....
Awwwwwwww! Lookit da keeyoot puppy!!! And the cute Minx in his Santa Hat!
Love your house - and the light fixtures are cool. It's all so typically Western USA style. I could live in a house like that. Comfy and practical. None of that fancy, delicate stuff that you have to worry about scratching or breaking.
Make sure you allow for the biting windchillls off the Southern Ocean in winter. You'll need more than a sweatshirt to cope with that.
I agree, you don't need American style temps to feel cold.
Places facing the Southern Ocean, and that includes Adelaide, have miserably cold, windy and damp winters.
I have been in Melbourne in July, there was no sun, and max temps were only about 13 or 14.
Occasionally you'll have afternoons when the temp is only 7 or 8 with a gusty wind coming straight off the ocean. Had a couple of those last winter.
And NO SUN is right!
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