This is how Alfie copes with the heat.
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Discussion Thread 🍰 Wednesday 7 January 2026
Submitted 3 weeks ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to melbourne@aussie.zone
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SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
that tummy needs tickling 😛
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Omg what a fluffball!
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Just a PSA that a bunch of library services around Melbourne and Vic are running extended hours today to provide cool spaces for people. I know Mooney Ponds and Hobsons Bay are so assume a lot of them are doing the same.
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
FOUR HOURS
CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I like having a shower then standing outside with my turkish towel in the wind to dry. (Like Felicia on top of the bus in Priscilla, Queen of the desert style).
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Yassss QUEEN 🙌
SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I have to ask the obvious question, can the neighbours see your balcony?!
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Nope! I get no direct sun either, as my balcony faces the apartment building next door, but there’s no windows on that side of that building. A private balcony, when I can hang out nude and smoke joints #yolo 😂
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
7 hours until 10pm, when BoM says it will be 23°C.
I’m comprised almost entirely of cold European climate genes, I wasn’t built for this 🫠
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Same, I’m not going out there
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Similar DNA composition here. Thank God for AC and good cool air circulation in the house.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Arrived at work. Over 500 emails awaiting my attention (or lack thereof). Pray for me.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
📿
Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Second day back at work, called into boss’s office and told they’re not renewing my contract into a permanent role. Two years at this workplace, pushing myself to my absolute limit, but I guess because I don’t regularly work past 5 (coming in well before anyone else mind you), I’m not keeping my job.
It’ll be fine in the long run. We have some savings. But goddamn. Not looking forward to going on Jobseeker, hopefully I can get something quick.
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Start acting your wage. Fuckem. They broke the code first.
Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Won’t lie, definitely considering completely slacking off between now and my last day. After all, they don’t intend to keep me, so why put my all in?
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s brutal, dude. Good luck! So bullshit that coming in early isnt as valued as staying late.
Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Agreed. Really appreciate it, fingers crossed all goes well.
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
🫂man that sucks. Hope you find something soon
Dalek_Thal@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Thanks mate. It’ll be rough seas for a minute, but I’ll find something.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s fucked man. I hope you find something better soon.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Malakas.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Good luck.
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Weird. Temp just dropped almost 10 degrees where I am.
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Not belly up yet
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Well she’s decided she’s afraid of the aircon rumble so we’re slumming it with just a fan lol
Eagle@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Its on the way!
Pilk@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Can that happen here omg
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I don’t get sunburned but even I’m feeling a bit hot under the collar.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Watermelon straight out of the fridge is sooo refreshing on hot days.
tone212_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Leaving the gym earlier, there was a ridiculous line (easy 100 people deep) waiting to get into the crowded indoor pools that are part of the complex. Having to wait for people to leave before letting a new group in. The line snaked around outside too, all these people waiting in the heat for crowds and craziness. No thank you.
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
At that point, stand in the shower.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
That’s absolutely crazy. It seems like a great idea, but a line like that would have me scurrying for a library, shopping centre, gym, etc!
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
That was last week at Brimbank Aquatic centre…we went to work out and the lineup was bonkers.
tone212_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
This is the exact centre I’m talking about. It is bonkers on hot days, but I do enjoy walking right in to the cool gym while looking at the poor sods lining up for the pool.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
To Catfish. Um, could you please take the suncatcher down temporarily - it’s working just a little too well atm.
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I shall make a request of Their Majestic Selfness. As with most prayer type things holding your breath is inadvisable.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Just so long as it works by about 9 pm tonight. If His Nibs is laggard, I will have a few words with Him.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Ohh… little stinker! I was fretting about all the crying and thinking the worst but likely it’s Melbcat demanding more pieces of the beef from the broth. She insists on having it now.
Before that it was probably frustration that I wasn’t understanding and lifting her onto the chair, and notification that she’d done a poo.
I’ve spoiled the cat
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
She has got you worked out!!
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Aww she deserves the spoiling, and many beef!
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s a positive, she thinks your cooking is delicious. 😊
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I'm eating leftovers for dessert
Image Apricot sorbet, made with eggwhite leftover from custard and the leftover sugar syrup my apricots were cooked in. Worked really well and very creamy.
Catfish@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Oh the horror of leftovers!
Presumably you shall recover in half a meme
PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Looks amazing 😍
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Aaaaand the warehouse team has hit hot grumpy point. Doesn’t help hearing that my partner’s work has shut for the day and sent everyone home early. And that the two men in the warehouse with me ate super spicy noodles on a hot day. I went out earlier and stocked up the fridge with zooper doopers, hydralite icy poles and other goodies on the company dime.
At least I can retreat to my office and enjoy the aircon (there is also aircon in the warehouse office, I’m not fully abandoning them).
SituationCake@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Plants are watered cooling is on. Pray to the electricity gods no power outages and to the appliance gods no aircon breakdowns. Hopefully you are all staying cool at work or home or elsewhere.
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
It’s a hot one… like seven inches from the midday sun 🏜️
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Dog seems much better. Got a big morning walk in and just finished a big evening walk (carried him over the hot roads). I’ll still talk about it with the vet in case.
tombruzzo@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Bought the kids a tent from BCF. I knew it was heavily discounted because it’s so big but that’s part of the fun. My girlfriend also absolutely HATES it because it’s so big, which makes it even more fun
RustyRaven@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Home time soon. Pros: going home. Cons: getting into the car which is sitting outside in full sun.
SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Building fire flagged down the road, four trucks responded very, very quickly but it doesn’t seem like anything is happening, thank fuck.
MeanElevator@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Hope everyone is keeping cool as much as humanly possible.
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I am physically fine (apartment A/C is holding up and I am free to work here all week and not in a fire area) but I’m really jumpy today. I dunno if its just because I am back at work too soon or if I have just lived through too many general disasters + my general climate anxiety. I keep thinking I’m missing something and wanting to check here and the other place and vic emergency. Maybe its just the lack of natural light from closed blinds. Going to put some ambient music on and try to focus…
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Ted informs me it’s breakfast time.
Thornburywitch@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
This article has a link at the end to a SydUni tool for estimating risk for exercising in the heat. Tool seems more than a bit fucky to me, but I am no expert.
heat wave adviceSaneMartigan@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Really enjoying Arc Raiders, haven’t run into any PvP yet. Just chill looting and avoiding evil robots.
StudChud@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Stayed up most of the night intending on enjoying the cool and sleeping through today.
Well, I ended up falling asleep anyway and waking up at 10am. Sigh.
I didn’t want to conscious when Melbourne is teleported to the surface of the Sun.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
warm out there already
inspectors on the werribee line getting passengers on the way to the beach
Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
I think my brain is melting because I spent an hour scrolling Facebook.
Bottom_racer@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Few weeks ago was stung by a bee and yesterday bitten by a bullant and I want to share w/ everybody my scientific findings:
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Catfish@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Not so fun event first aid tent visit: getting lemon juice treatment for a bullant bite to the butt
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 weeks ago
Fr tho.
Billant is like fuckFUCK OW OW BASTARD ok i’m good. Bee is WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE YOU BASTARD