Humidity, part and parcel of living in the tropics.
It is a parcel I would prefer stayed unwrapped, personally.
We've hit the time of year where the air conditioning goes on at night and we spend half the day deciding whether or not it is hot enough to warrant using it. Actually, what I want to know is, how an earth did people live up here before air con. I know suck it up. You would never think that I lived for years on a cattle station in the dry tropics, where humidity in the lead up to wet season is also a killer, without air con. We only had our trusty pedestal fans to move the hot, sticky air.
I know it isn't summer just yet, but it is certainly around the corner. I've swapped t-shirts for sleeveless shirts most days and dread putting on long pants and shoes for work of an evening.
What a whinger I am.
Well yesterday afternoon, I wasn't having to put on the dreaded long pants for work, so I went for a bit of a drive. More to get out of the house than anything. Getting out and about and taking photos just makes my world smile. It wasn't too bad of an afternoon with fairly clear skies, air con in the car and humidity blurring everything in the distance.
Today dawned like that too, that hazy look over the city. That is maybe because at 5:30am it was 98% humidity. It is always muggier then but then the temperature is cooler so you don't notice it as much.
Do you know what is the craziest thing about this weather? It was just snowing again in Tasmania. You see we, up in the north aren't the only ones getting some heat. My Grandparents, a few hours from Sydney copped 42 degrees C yesterday and down on the Darling Downs they are getting some rather hot weather too. In fact our temps up here are pretty low really, compared to that anyway. So I really do need to stop whinging.
So, I was saying, I went for a drive.
I was too early for sunset so I decided to find some sugar cane, farm kind of stuff to take photos of. Actually, I never really decided, I was just driving along, I took a random road, saw a nice view and stopped to take a photo.
So sugar cane, mountains, cows and trees it was. I realised then that I miss taking pictures of cattle.Who would have thought you would find all this rural, farm-y goodness only about 1/2 an hour from the middle of the city.
I found a really great spot that looks back across the Gordonvale and Walsh's Pyramid. It is the opposite direction to where I was at the river. Now I think I have covered all four directions from this cool looking mountain.
The haze softened the mountains, making them blend in to the sky and clouds. Very pretty really. The people who live on the other side of the road have an awesome view to wake up to every day.
I could spot the sugar mill, hard at work, which was looking pretty tiny in comparison to the Pyramid.
I could also see lines in the sugar cane. I really do love the lines in crops. It looks like they ran out of cane to plant here, right at the end.
Ugh!! Dinner time! I better go eat so I can head to work so I'll leave this post here and let you enjoy the hazy mountain view in silence.
Have a great weekend!
We're not as far north as you - being in BrisVegas - but having the same struggle. Trying to do without air conditioning (thinking of the power bill) but then caving! Saturday night I was determined not to turn it on, and tossed and turned for hours. I caved and put the AC on, and was asleep within 5 mintues. Kinda makes it worthwhile I guess for a good night's sleep ...
ReplyDeleteAh ... last time I was in Brissy it was about the same as here, that was about a month ago. Mr Sparky puts the air con on in our room every night at the moment, unless there has been a cool change. A good night's sleep completely makes it worth it. We haven't hit the air con all day weather yet but I am sure it will come soon enough, unfortunately. The temps honestly aren't that hight yet but then I think I keep forgetting it still is spring.
DeleteI know I couldn't cope up there in the heat so I don't think you are whinging at all! Beautiful photos, as always Anne.
ReplyDeleteI think I am acclimatising because I seem to cope better than I did or maybe the really nice weather just hasn't arrived yet. Humidity just saps the energy out of you. I'm sure you'd manage, we can surprise ourselves. I can't say I like heat either but then I'm not a fan of the cold even though I weirdly kind of miss it. Somewhere in the middle is nice, warm enough to swim but cool enough that you are comfortable.
DeleteYour photos are gorgeous , though I prefer dry heat (Central West NSW) to humidity, I'd love to be nearer to a real beach.
ReplyDeleteOh, you and me both. I find dry heat so much easier to deal with. That and knowing that when it gets humid it really does mean rain, no matter who gets it or how little. I'd love to be nearer a real beach too, one with proper waves. I hope you are staying cool.
DeleteAnd I forgot to say, Thanks!
DeleteI hate humidity - so sapping - so I best stay away from your part of the world in summer. However you have still taken some great photos even thought it was hot. Love those images of the hazy mountains. Have a wonderful week, stay cool, and thank you for stopping by my blog.
ReplyDeleteI'm not a humidity fan either and I guess you could say I never planned on living in a tropical climate. It might surprise you that our temps haven't been overly high. I think today (1st Dec) the max was 32/33 degrees C. Not like further south where they are getting around 40. Actually, today the humidity was lower too so it didn't feel as hot. Thanks and I hope you have a wonderful week too. Thanks for coming by.
DeleteWow! Getting out and "making your world smile"... indeed you did! I remember the smell of the sugar cane too... I was only 12 when we travelled up North. My parents had a caravan at the time and I'll never forget the park we stayed at in Cairns... the gardeners put the cane sugar residue around all the plants... the smell was powerful! I also remember visiting a sugar cane factory. Thanks for igniting the memories! Great photos too♥
ReplyDeleteYes, it makes me happy. Ah the smell of sugar cane, I didn't mention that. With the mill running the sticky sweet yet grassy smell hovers around the edges of the city. I recal not liking it as a kid when we went to Bundeburg but now, now I quite like it. I put sugar cane mulch on my garden and it loves it and I like the smell. I'm glad this brought memories back for you and if I could bottle the smell and send it to you I would ;) Thanks for coming by.
DeleteBeautiful photos of the mountains. I like rural photos too. I tend to drive pat thinking all the while I should stop. The wheat is being cut at the moment, and there's been hay baling going on, I love the look of a freshly cut paddock with all the rows. Of course I haven't taken photos of any of it!
ReplyDeleteThe humidity sounds dreadful. I am so glad we have air conditioning these days.
Oh, you so should take some photos! I guess I find all the rural work, like harvesting, fascinating. Maybe it is my rural background.
DeleteI love having air con, although often I tell myself I don't need it and don't turn it on and deal with it instead. Silly really.
Thanks!
It certainly was a long hot Spring so I can only imagine what Summer is going to be like!
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! What a view you have!
Thanks! It was a great view. Here, other than the fairly normal dose of humidity spring has been resonably mild but I know further south there has been hot weather. I have family a few hrs from Sydney and family on the Darling Downs and I know they've been copping some hot weather. Hopefully the summer is a wet one up here, everywhere, and not too hot. Stay cool!
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