The Cool Change of 14th January 2016

One of the things I really love about Melbourne is how the hot weather in summer almost never lasts more than a few days at a time. Occasionally we get a prolonged heatwave that lasts up to a week or more, but more often than not they only last a few short days before a cool change comes through and makes things civilized again.

12-14 January 2016 was one of the more extreme episodes of this phenomenon in recent memory. The 12th was a reasonably mild summer's day (not even reaching 30 Celsius), but then the 13th saw temperatures rise to 41 or 42 degrees all across the Melbourne region! But luckily, a cool change was already on the way, and then the 14th was actually almost as cool as a typical winter's day around here! When I went for my photo walk in the afternoon, the temperature was around 14 degrees Celsius - almost 30 degrees cooler than the day before!

There's nothing particularly interesting about the photos I took today. They're just basic river and city scapes. It was nice to be walking around in the refreshing cool change conditions though!