Today, Sydney at least is breathing a collective sigh of relief as the weather gets back to relatively normal summer weather. Whilst fires are still burning throughout the state, it seems as if we have been fortunate with no loss of life.
A heat wave produces interesting changes to the regular routine. We walk on the shady side of the street and try and work out how we can go about our daily routine without having to go outside.
Movie theatres seem to be fuller - we saw 'Life of Pi' last night and I'm sure there were only a handful of spare seats. (We loved it).
The kids ring and want to sleep the night under our air-conditioner. Seeing as this includes one of our grandchildren as well, we're more than happy.
But heatwaves are apparently the cause of more than the usual number of deaths among the elderly.
It's hard to imagine communities who live in 40 deg plus temperature for much of the year - it's almost beyond our understanding of how anyone could bear it.
We're told of course that we'd be bored with the same weather everyday. We need the variation to make us appreciate it when it is nice and cool. If only there was a way of fully remembering the coolness today and recalling that when we hit the next heatwave.
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