Who else had one of these swim pass this morning as they were walking along the beach?

It's hard to remember the brutality of it but yes, just 70km from here in Normanton it was HOT and before that in Cloncurry - HOT. Winton - HOT. Longreach - (pretty) HOT. Dry and hot. Not a drop of moisture in the air hot. Walk out and hang out the washing come back in and need a shower hot. Long for a shopping centre just to get into air-conditioning hot. Jude all red in the face, get out the water sprayer hot. Flies sticking to you hot. I think maybe you get...

I SEE THE SEA We have finally made it back to the big blue and it doesn't take too many days in the increasingly hotter outback, camping in a (very quickly) very hot van to appreciate a sea breeze. Never mind the crocodiles. My trip was made today just shy of Bourke and Wills roadhouse when we saw half a dozen jack- and jillaroos mustering cattle along the side of the road. I remember seeing it (with sheep) around the Hay area when I was a kid but having trav...