Ways to make an Australia Day long weekend camping trip fail. Oppressive heat, tropical-strength humidity, excessive traffic problems to and from, sunburn, worst rock climbing technique ever, raining while still climbing, rain not cooling oneself down, thunderstorms, more rain, rain coming through the tent windows and wetting one’s clothes bag, moisture everywhere, heat-induced insomnia, waking [...]
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camping fail
Posted in australia, the weather? of all the things you could write about, travel on Monday, 26 January, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
summer, i smite thee
Posted in brisbin, seasonal affective disorder, the weather? of all the things you could write about on Wednesday, 7 January, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Oh I so do not like this heat. But I feel I don’t have permission to wail about it as, according to the Bureau of Meterology (possibly my most loaded website), just a touch less than 30°C and nowhere near the stifling amounts of humidity that a Brisbane summer is known for. Last night, I [...]