The Coldest Day

Melbourne
Victoria, Australia

For those of us more comfortable with Fahrenheit, 9.9 ° C converts to 49.82°
F. But it's the wind that'll kill ya. Burr.

As for it being Melbourne's coldest June day in a decade, this particularly cold winter was inferred by reports of the coldest April in 60 years. I would just like to take this opportunity to point out that, nowhere in the Australia brochure do they advertise penguins or Winter, for that matter.

And for all keeping track, I have now experienced Australia's dust storm, legendary hail storm and now the coldest day in Melbourne in two years. What's that? The sky is falling?

Breaking news

Melbourne on track for coldest day

• From:AAP
• June 29, 2010 1:32PM

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MELBURNIANS are shivering their way through what is shaping as the city's coldest day in almost two years.

Not since August 21, 2008, has the city failed to reached 10C. On that day, the thermometer maxed out at a meagre 9.9C at 9am (AEST).

At noon, the temperature in Melbourne was lingering at 7.7C, only a fraction higher than the overnight temperature of 7.6C.

Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Michael Efron said the revised forecast maximum temperature for Melbourne on Tuesday was 10C, down from 12 degrees.

However he said even that top was unlikely.

The wind-chill made the temperature feel even lower.

"The air mass is so cold and with this cloud cover persisting there's no chance for it to warm up," Mr Efron said.

"It may struggle to get to 10C."

The bureau's website showed Melbourne airport's temperature was 7.4C at 12.45pm, but the windchill temperature was -2.4C.

At Mount Dandenong, the temperature at 12.45pm was 3.6C, but the windchill temperature was an icy -5.3C.

Mr Efron said a slow-moving cold front would keep temperatures low across Melbourne for the rest of the week.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/melbourne-on-track-for-coldest-day/story-e6frfku0-1225885700085#ixzz0wtb4Xo3c

Melbourne's coldest June day in decade as Victoria shivers - and the cold snap is just beginning

G'day Mate!

Melbourne, Victoria

Australia

After another ridiculous shift at The Sloaney Pony, my coworkers and I sat around the table sharing a knock off drink. With not much effort, one convinced me to put on my best Australian accent. Having lived here for months (and having downed a glass of wine on an empty stomach), I didn't hesitate to give them my best, "How ya' goin', mate?" (my favorite Australian expression). I sounded a bit how I imagine the troll in The Three Billy Goats Gruff to have sounded to the goats passing overhead.

Definitely not Australian. This prompted my Australian accent research.

I hope that you, like me, practiced with the video.

Bittersweet, the unintentional humor of this video.

But truly, there is great variance to the Australian accent; the same way we know there to be many versions of the American accent. I prefer the softer accent; like the one in the video. After traveling, I heard some that are so harsh and guttural you'd swear they were speaking another language. Seriously, at times we were reduced to spelling out each word just to be understood.