Corner of the Spectacle Garden at Roma Street Parkland (Brisbane, Queensland)

Beautiful garden! The crotons and tree ferns look awesome, too!

It's a fabulous place.

It looks very hot! :)

Yep, it was a hot morning. We were there at around 10.00 am and it was 37 deg C. We didn't last long and took off for the cafe by 10.30 or so.

Wow! That’s really hot! I hate when it gets hot like that here, too. Stay cool 😎

Here in Townsville we've been experiencing a very hot and dry January this year. Our city has been running around 2 deg C above maximum temperature for the month. Now while that doesn't seem like much, over the course of a whole month it's a huge figure. The humidity has also been horrid, so most days it's been feeling like 40 deg C.

Wow! The heat index can be a killer. Whenever I travel to the tropics I want to know the heat index temps, because that’s what it feels like to one’s body.

Exactly! It's a difficult thing to explain to tourists though. Most really don't understand what a hot and humid summer can be.

I know, so many people cannot comprehend that the heat index is more important than the actual air temperature in high humidity. It can be the difference between heat exhaustion and heatstroke, which is very deadly. We have a very good heat warning system in place here in San Diego and all of California, especially after the horrible deadly summer of 2006. I still remember the mid July 2006 heatwave heat index of 132 degrees f (56 c). It was the hottest temperature I’ve felt in my life. By 9:00 am the heat index was 108 degrees f (42.2 c). I knew it was going to be horrible. The AC unit couldn’t cool down the house.

My poor grandchildren came up from down south to visit us one summer and they experienced a day when the high was 44 deg C outdoors.

We were visiting an animal sanctuary in the morning and had to retreat into the air-conditioned car after an hour or so. The air-con just couldn't cope. We drove to an ice-cream parlour nearby and stayed in there for over an hour trying to drink water and eat ice-cream to fight off the heatstroke and dehydration!!

They still talk about that day and it was years ago now!

It sounds like an experience your grandchildren will never forget.

I really dislike very hot weather. So many people don’t realize that heat kills more people worldwide than all the othet weather-related deaths combined.