Like all true Queenslanders I climbed into my fleece-lined tracky-dacks and lambs wool snuggie on the first of March and have been adding layers to my outfit and dogs to the bed ever since. Thus I was well prepared for the Antarctic blast this week.
I don’t much mind the deadly kiss of Miss Winter in the subtropics. It makes for a nice change from sweltering thousand percent humidity.
What I really love about winter, though, is flicking through twitter to wallow in the pitiable moaning and teeth chattering complaints of those who foolishly chose to live directly in the path of the deadly southern death winds.
Born and raised in Wisconsin where it gets proper cold. Been living in Melbourne for the past 9 years and holy shit I've never heard people complain about the cold more!
I've lived in Brisbane, Belgium, Melbourne, the Gold Coast and now Sydney for longer than the rest put together, and can still safely say that the coldest I've ever been (at home) was in Brisbane. That winter studying for final year exams in a Queenslander in Taringa was brutal. House was in a deep, treed valey that got two hours of sun in the middle of the day. The wind used to whistle up through the floorboards. I remember hunching over my books wearing every jumper and every pair of socks that I owned, with the fan heater on max, and still teeth chattering. Sitting still and studying was clearly a bad move, in retrospect, but mostly it comes down to the houses: places that know that they're going to get cold build warm, insulated houses, and maybe have some form of heating. That doesn't (didn't) describe Brisbane, which is fair, but you get outlier months and years, and suffer.
Yeah, the old queenslanders are great in summer, especially with pink batts in the roof and a good aspect to collect any breeze. But come winter and they suck frozen dog's balls.
Soft. I’m still in a T-shirt and shorts, and bare feet or thongs, in Shellharbour, every day. Maybe in July I’ll put my big boy pants on for a few weeks…maybe.
We were down at Bawley Point on the weekend, Insomniac, and Sunday was absolutely shorts and t-shirt weather. I lived in the 'gong for a while and don't remember it ever being properly cold, despite what some of the locals might have thought.
Well, we had an hour of snow this morning down here in sub-alpine Vic. It was bracing. QLD-ers would not cope too well. "Me, I'm loving it." he says as he drops another log on the fire.
COLD...FKN A- HERE in sunnay not so warm fkn Ballarat its ball tearibly fkn frozen. WORSE..I spend three days on the piss in Darwin last week at 33 C...YUM..Not si here.
I understand that for most Qlders, 25 degrees is cardigan time.
But I am looking somewhat askance at Sydneysiders complaining about the cold. But (TW: insufferable Canberra complaining) it was 6 degrees max here in Canberra a few days ago. In Autumn, as Dave notes.
I've got a new house. Its the warmest house I have ever had, built in 1915 and modified in 2013. I've just removed the fireplaces and put in a big heat pump, somedays its so mild and warm inside. I have to go outside to remember its winter. At night I'm wearing tee shirts. Every other house in Tasmania I have had has sucked for warmth, from the other vintage house to the Mcmansion to the inner city townhouse (which was like ice underfoot, until I insulated the floors) I'm just waiting for the snow to fall so I can go for a looksee at some point.
In the noughties we did a knock-down and rebuild in Canberra (we previously had a might-as-well-be-uninsulated ex-govvie before that). Being of green inclination we paid close attention to energy efficiency, but it is also great that no matter how cold it gets outside - which might be -10 - it is never cooler than 12 inside. Ever.
It was about 15 years ago and they were working for cheap because of the GFC, so a direct answer may not help.
One thing I did learn is that when you ad all the extras to an off-the-rack package build (Luke walls, a roof, a decent kitchen etc) the price can be about the same as a bespoke job. So shop around.
Guys in the office wearing their puffer jackets. Indoors. Let me stress this: wearing puffer jackets inside the actual heated office.
My problem is that this is Canberra on 1 June. These dickheads have no more layers they can add as we properly get into winter.
Long Johns. They can add Long Johns.
Good god, man, I don't ever want to know that about a colleague. That's between them and their line manager.
We’re in for a cold one I think.
Born and raised in Wisconsin where it gets proper cold. Been living in Melbourne for the past 9 years and holy shit I've never heard people complain about the cold more!
Hear you ... in Colorado here. A couple weeks ago it was 86 degrees . Next day was 40 and 3 Inches of snow. It’s all relative I guess
I've lived in Brisbane, Belgium, Melbourne, the Gold Coast and now Sydney for longer than the rest put together, and can still safely say that the coldest I've ever been (at home) was in Brisbane. That winter studying for final year exams in a Queenslander in Taringa was brutal. House was in a deep, treed valey that got two hours of sun in the middle of the day. The wind used to whistle up through the floorboards. I remember hunching over my books wearing every jumper and every pair of socks that I owned, with the fan heater on max, and still teeth chattering. Sitting still and studying was clearly a bad move, in retrospect, but mostly it comes down to the houses: places that know that they're going to get cold build warm, insulated houses, and maybe have some form of heating. That doesn't (didn't) describe Brisbane, which is fair, but you get outlier months and years, and suffer.
Yeah, the old queenslanders are great in summer, especially with pink batts in the roof and a good aspect to collect any breeze. But come winter and they suck frozen dog's balls.
Soft. I’m still in a T-shirt and shorts, and bare feet or thongs, in Shellharbour, every day. Maybe in July I’ll put my big boy pants on for a few weeks…maybe.
We were down at Bawley Point on the weekend, Insomniac, and Sunday was absolutely shorts and t-shirt weather. I lived in the 'gong for a while and don't remember it ever being properly cold, despite what some of the locals might have thought.
Well, we had an hour of snow this morning down here in sub-alpine Vic. It was bracing. QLD-ers would not cope too well. "Me, I'm loving it." he says as he drops another log on the fire.
COLD...FKN A- HERE in sunnay not so warm fkn Ballarat its ball tearibly fkn frozen. WORSE..I spend three days on the piss in Darwin last week at 33 C...YUM..Not si here.
I refuse to offer grist for your mill, Melbourne is fine, delightful even.
I understand that for most Qlders, 25 degrees is cardigan time.
But I am looking somewhat askance at Sydneysiders complaining about the cold. But (TW: insufferable Canberra complaining) it was 6 degrees max here in Canberra a few days ago. In Autumn, as Dave notes.
I've got a new house. Its the warmest house I have ever had, built in 1915 and modified in 2013. I've just removed the fireplaces and put in a big heat pump, somedays its so mild and warm inside. I have to go outside to remember its winter. At night I'm wearing tee shirts. Every other house in Tasmania I have had has sucked for warmth, from the other vintage house to the Mcmansion to the inner city townhouse (which was like ice underfoot, until I insulated the floors) I'm just waiting for the snow to fall so I can go for a looksee at some point.
Reminds me of living in Canberra with under floor heating and double glazed windows. Didn't go outside for 6 months over winterrrrr.
In the noughties we did a knock-down and rebuild in Canberra (we previously had a might-as-well-be-uninsulated ex-govvie before that). Being of green inclination we paid close attention to energy efficiency, but it is also great that no matter how cold it gets outside - which might be -10 - it is never cooler than 12 inside. Ever.
Please can you provide the name of your builder, and were they reasonably priced? I haven't turned off the heater in 3 days.
It was about 15 years ago and they were working for cheap because of the GFC, so a direct answer may not help.
One thing I did learn is that when you ad all the extras to an off-the-rack package build (Luke walls, a roof, a decent kitchen etc) the price can be about the same as a bespoke job. So shop around.