Steve,

I'm at the same latitude as Melbourne, 2000kms east... and its cold. We've had hard rain, cold southerly winds and temps about 10c colder than average. Its like winter. Miserable. Last week it was warm (many parts of town hit 38C). Crazy weather.

The above followup was added by Ben on December 30, 2003 at 12:07 am PST.

Yes, it has been extremely hot here. I am about 100km east of Melbourne and it is a real struggle to keep water up to the plants.

The above followup was added by Paul W on December 30, 2003 at 8:33 pm PST.

Yeah it's a bit warm for moving houses!: ), not too bad though for plants because I saw it comming and watered them the day before it got hot, still we only had about 36-38c here, there was cloud cover all day so it was extreme humidity, pretty hot today too, and tomorrow and again etc etc, it's getting close to that cook your brain time of year, the next 4 months are the real growing season, if you can somehow manage to keep the ground wet

The above followup was added by Jason on December 30, 2003 at 9:01 pm PST.

Yes, this hot and humid weather is a nice break from the usual stinking hot and bone dry. Can't wait for summer to get into full swing :), (4-5 days in a row of 42-48C, )
Someone pinched my young mulberry tree last night, (Happy New Year you B*stard), It's hard to keep water up to a plant when someone is running off down the street with it. :)

The above followup was added by Grant on December 31, 2003 at 4:44 pm PST.