Originally Posted by
Machka
I've only been living in Australia since June 2009 ... 4 months. Prior to that I spent 42 years living in the Canadian Prairies. I spent 11 of those years living in the far north of Alberta where I experienced temps down to -50C, and I spent 13 of those years living in Winnipeg where the -40C/F is combined with a wind to drop the windchills down to as low as about -60C. And the remainder of those years have been in various other ever-so-slightly warmer areas of the prairies ... like Central Alberta and Regina. Quite a way to learn about frostbites ...
Sounds like exceptional experience! I don't think I have ever stayed for extended times below -40C anywhere. Incidentally, those lowest temps in daily life stem also for me from Alberta.
Originally Posted by
Machka
BTW, we took this photo from partway up a mountain about 10 km from where I currently live in Victoria, about 10 days ago. Australia in late September!!
Still pretty much an exception, whether across locations in Australia or time. I've done some pretty good skiing in Europe in August, but, after all, it is beyond the point.