Originally Posted by blue_neon
On another note Chris L, from a few of your posts i've read it seems you hate the heat, I know what you mean, i'm scared of it to. It got to 26degrees today and i couldn't stand it, i felt all sick. I cant imagine what it was down there. Why not move down south to Tassie or even Melbourne
Actually, it was only 27 up here today -- and strangely I felt pretty good on a 175km ride. However, the wind was from the South-West, which meant the humidity was pretty low by our standards. I think humidity seems to be my biggest problem. When it's high (or "normal" for Queensland) it's like adding 10-15 degrees C to the temperature. The other thing that upsets me about this climate is that often the nights are just as hot as the days (sometimes even hotter!), so there isn't a lot of relief.
Having said all that, I probably will make a move in the next couple of years. I've hung around here because of the huge variety of riding available between the coast and the rainforest-clad hinterland. However, the urban sprawl of this place is growing a little too rapidly for my liking. The Tweed Coast is rapidly becoming a series of "outer urban trailer parks" (read: high-priced housing estates which thrive on ripping off gullible people), and I fear other areas may follow. Once I get next year's tour of New Zealand out of the way (a big chunk out of next summer), I might head south.
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