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weather conditions in Victoria 11-Nov-2015 At 1:52:35 PM shortman

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On 11/11/2015 One Day Hero wrote:
>Dude, Australia is farking hot in summer! Something which will surprise
>you is how strong the sun is. You will be properly sunburnt in 10 to 15
>minutes, I'm not joking.
>
>An important question to ask is what is your perfect temperature for climbing?
>For me it is 10-15 degrees in the sun, or 15-20 degrees in the shade. At
>30 degrees I'm not really enjoying myself anymore unless there are some
>wierd effects (like cold rock from the night before). Anyway, I don't really
>climb through summer on mainland Australia because it is just too hot.
>You might get lucky with the weather in Victoria for a few days or weeks
>at a time, but the expected normal temperature at Arapiles is 35 degrees.
>Tasmania is the only sane place to plan a climbing trip in Australia in
>January and February.

Says the man whom I last saw at Arapiles in late December/early January....