Diary of a Karratha (Australia) Summer, as Written by an Englishman ...

[CuriousToyBoy]

To understand this story better, some perspective ....

Karratha is a remote place on the North Coast of Western Australia ... 1500km north of Perth .. butt fuck nowhere mining country ... a rich place though, miners make shitloads .... but hot... craxy fucking hot .......









*August 31st*
Just got transferred with work into our new home in Karratha, Western Australia, now this is a town that knows how to live!!
Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings.
What a place!
I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the verandah It was beautiful.
I've finally found my home.
I love it here.

*September 13th:*
Really heating up.
Got to 35 today.
Not a problem.
Live in an air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car.
What a pleasure to see the sun everyday like this.
I'm turning into a sun worshiper.

*September 30th:*
Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today.
Lots of palms and rocks.
What a breeze to maintain.
No more mowing lawn for me.
Another scorcher today, but I love it here.

*October 10th*
The temperature hasn't been below 35 all week.
How do people get used to this kind of heat?
At least today it's kind of windy though.
But getting used to the heat is taking longer than I expected.

*October 15th:*
Fell asleep by the pool.
Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body.
Missed 3 days of work.
What a dumb thing to do.
I learned my lesson though.
Got to respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

*October 20th:*
I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning.
By the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather upholstery.
I told the kids that she ran away.
The car now smells like Wiskettes and cat shit.
I learned my lesson though.
No more pets in this heat.

October 25th:*
The wind sucks.
It feels like a giant fuckin blow dryer!!
And it's hot as hell.
The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.

*October 30th:*
Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now.
Bloody $600,000 house and we can't even go inside.
Why did I ever come here?

*November 4th:*
It's 38 degrees.
Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today.
It cost $1,500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but the bloody humidity makes the house feel like it's about 30.
Stupid repairman.
I hate this stupid fuckin place.

*November 8th:*
If another wise arse cracks, "Hot enough for you today?"
I'm going to fuckin throttle him.
Fuckin heat!
By the time I get to work the car's radiator was boiling over, my clothes are soakin fuckin wet, and I smell like baked cat!!

*November 9th:*
Tried to run some messages after work.
Wore shorts, and sat on the black leather seats in the ol' car.
I thought my fuckin arse was on fire.
I lost 2 layers of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and my fuckin arse.
Now my car smells like burnt hair, fried arse, and baked cat.

*November 10th:*
The weather report might as well be a fuckin recording.
Hot and sunny.
Hot and sunny.
Hot and fuckin sunny.
It's been too hot to do anything for 2 damn months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week.
Doesn't it ever rain in this damn fuckin place?
Water rationing will be next, so my $5,000 worth of palms just might dry up and blow into the fuckin pool.
Even the palms can't live in this fuckin heat.

*November 14th:*
Welcome to HELL!!!
Temperature got to 41 today.
Now the air-conditioner's gone in my car.
The repairman came to fix it and said, "Hot enough for you today?"
My wife had to spend the $2,500 mortgage payment to bail my arse out of jail for assaulting the stupid fucker.
Fuck Karratha!
What kind of a sick demented fuckin idiot would want to live here?

*December 1st:*
WHAT?????
This is the first day of Summer????
You are fuckin kiddin!!!

[Azathoth]

This is in degrees Celsius too btw.

- Az

[CuriousToyBoy]

Originally Posted by Azathoth

This is in degrees Celsius too btw.

- Az

He he

Yes.

Thanks for that.

[CuriousToyBoy]

Originally Posted by Azathoth

This is in degrees Celsius too btw.

- Az

Rough conversion is double and add 30 to get the farenheit number - so 41 C is 112 F.

[rowan]

Last Summer in Melbourne

I'm sure some people from further north would say I'm a pussy for complaining about a mere 43C day

[papill0n]

Originally Posted by rowan

Last Summer in Melbourne

I'm sure some people from further north would say I'm a pussy for complaining about a mere 43C day

naaa man melbourne gets stinkin hot and 43 is some serious heat

[CuriousToyBoy]

Originally Posted by RageCash-Ben

naaa man melbourne gets stinkin hot and 43 is some serious heat

I agree Melbourne gets stupid hot sometimes.

But for 7-8 months of the year in a row?

Melbourne is miserable cold and windy in winter (not Toronto winter miserable mind you, more Seattle without the snow).

[Calico Jack]

I was just looking as the weather here (south of Sydney) and in the stats at the bottom of the page it said the hottest day last summer was only 32.5 celsius. That's hot enough for me. I hate a stinking hot Christmas day.

[rowan]

Melbourne City, January 2008

Minimum temp range 12.8C - 21.4C
Maximum temp range 26.4C - 41.2C

NYE was 41.1C, NYD was 41.2C, with a drop to a "chilly" 26.4C overnight

Damn, I can't wait for January 2009.