heatwave on the way

Here in Australia it is summer. Probably many of you are very cold in the northern hemisphere, but down here, we are not! Much of the eastern part of Australia is currently experiencing heatwaves, with temperatures regularly over 40 degrees Celcius. There are large and devastating fires in Tasmania, due to the heat in conjunction with winds.

In Sydney, so far we have been spared the 40+ temperatures, remaining in the very reasonable but warm high 20s. This is all about to change tomorrow. We have a forecast top of 43 degrees (about 110 Fahrenheit).

The sorbet syrup is now cooling in the fridge, ready to be put in the icecream maker later in the day when the syrup has cooled. The jelly is setting in the fridge. We have enough cold meat to last the next few days without needing to cook. We have salad supplies and fruit. The bottles of cold water are in the fridge.

I am just about to go outside to check the house guttering is clear of all debris and to trim back some trees that are close to the house. These are the things we are instructed to do in preparation for bushfires. While we are not right near bushland, we are definitely close enough that a raging bushfire could “spot” over to where we are, if the winds were blowing in the right direction. (Which is the direction they are supposed to be blowing tomorrow.)

It is almost guaranteed that there will be life-threatening and property-threatening bushfires somewhere around/near Sydney tomorrow. Some idiot always starts a fire – I don’t know why. So it is not so much a question of if, but where.

Hopefully we’ll be ready. 🙂

And in the midst of all that, last night before falling asleep I had an idea for an embroidery design. So that’s probably what I’ll be doing tomorrow while sweating my way through the day.