Hi, it is Monday, the 4th of August 2014, a bit after 7 am.
I just looked up the temperatures for Sydney. It says it is there 7 C at present but it feels like only 5 C which I believe equals 40 F. Here where I am the temperatures are similar to Sydney. In Canberra, which is more inland, the temperatures during night time did go down to below freezing point for the last few days.

It has not rained much the last few weeks. I looks like our fire season starts early this year. This is what out Rural Fire Service states:

“Across NSW there are more than 700 #NSWRFS firefighters working on 84 bush and grass fires. …”

Apparently it burns only in some northern parts of New South Wales at the moment. (NSW is a huge area, about the size of the whole of Germany!) Still, we have to be prepared with warmer weather coming up and not much rain, there is definitely going to be increased risk of bush fires in the coming months or even weeks.

It feels strange to have to think of bush fires when we have such a tremendous cold spell right now!