It seems fitting that on the night before our departure from Brisbane, it is the coldest night we have experienced. One might think Brisbane is saying, "get the hell outta' here!" and giving us a little kick in the pants to send us on our way to Australia's tropical playground.
Actually, we've been very lucky with the weather to date. Living in a Queenslander home could have been much worse. But for some reason the weather has been very kind and we've really only seen nightly temperatures about 15 degrees Celsius. Tonight though, its a chilly 8 degrees. Not exactly what you would envision when thinking of Australia. Even though we did our research before leaving, it is still shocking when we have to stay warm by huddling under the covers with a bottle of wine. Just as a review, Queenslanders are not much more than a roof. With windows and doors that barely keep large rodents out.
Many of the readers to this blog will find this amusing; I think that it's actually warmer in Canada. Yes, I said it, warmer. I don't know if I mentioned this before, but living in Brisbane, and possibly many places south of here, you put up with more cold than in Canada. With homes that are not insulated, probably don't have central heating (or heating at all), if you have windows that seal they more than likely are not thermally broken. Which means that the homes and buildings here are colder than at home. Even though we Canadians have to live through snow and -30 winters, our homes, cars, places of work, and more importantly bedrooms are toasty warm all year long.
It is comical because we actually find the cold conditions the night before our departure, reaffirming, that we have made the correct choice to move. (You Chose.....Wisely) Sorry for the Indiana humour.
We look forward to our time in the sun. We have made many friends here in Brisbane that are all welcome to visit, and we have told them all. Actually, if any wants to come visit. please give us a call or email, we'd love to see you.
Our next posts will be more lively with photos of Airlie and Cannonvale.
2 comments:
Hey Andrea,
My brother is just across the sea in New Zealand, and he has said the same thing about the cold. They do have a fireplace in their house though, so that has got to keep them warm.
I agree, being a 'Brisbanite', I have had some of my coldest nights here and have travelled in Europe in the dead of winter and have been much warmer! Those old Queenslanders suck and they are heritage listed which means we can't demolish them!!! Go figure??? A-M xx
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