Back in Mooloolaba now after our lovely break in Childers. The summers in Queensland are not like the summers in the UK. The temperature does get warmer and yesterday, the mercury rose to 37 degrees here. However, with that, the humidity increases and yesterday it was 80%. The only thing I can liken it to is breathing in soup! My washing on the line didn't dry, even with those temperatures, because of the moisture in the air. Oli and I went to the beach later in the day for the breeze and stayed there until 8pm. It was 29 degrees when we LEFT the beach and it's been a hot and sticky night! Looking much the same today.
To alleviate that, Oli and I are off to the cinema at midday to see 'TinTin'. I promised Oli that I would take him on Boxing Day but the Bundaberg cinema were showing 'Laurel and Hardy' (!). That reminds me of the television here. Unless you have satellite television, you're left with I dream of Genie followed by The Incredible Hulk and The Dukes of Hazzard, topped off with numerous repeats of Friends. There is a 24 hour news channel but last night, they broadcast Audrey Hepburn's WHOLE speech on behalf of UNICEF: along with the faltering Q&A session.
The latest teenage fashion here on the Sunshine Coast is the 'mullet skirt'. I kid you not. The skirt is very short at the front and ankle length at the back. Nice. Not. In this area of Australia, female clothing is very casual; shorts and vest tops, cotton shifts and linen 3/4 length trousers. Footwear is normally thongs (flip flops to those in the UK!) or open strappy sandals. It means that you need to keep your feet pretty :). The guys just wear singlets, thongs and baggies. Job done. EVERYONE wears sunglasses and a hat. Almost without exception. AND DON'T FORGET THE SUNSCREEN!
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