Please could the mnetters in AUSSIE tell me what it is like in JULY/AUGUST

[RTKangaMummy]

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DH and I came to Aussie in March and April 1994 and went all over country, Sydney, cairns, alice springs, Uluru, Perth.

Then DH and DS and I went to Melbourne in Jan 2002

We want to go back again BUT we want to go for extended time and don't really have enough weeks at Easter

So if we were to come for 6 weeks in July and August

What would weather be like?

I realise it is winter

We would want to go to Melbourne, Sydney, Cairns, Alice springs, Uluru, and Perth

SO all over really

Are we MAD !!!!!!

I realise it will be worst weather in Melbourne and sydney than further north

But what is your opinion

Thanks

Are the Aussie mums awake yet?????????

I am aussie but live in London. I can tell you about Sydney. The temperature in Sydney is pretty moderate that time of year. I dont think it ever really dips much below 10 degrees in the day time. However, you can get some pretty strong winds coming off the sea which makes it feel a lot colder than it is. So I think you need to rug up a bit but you dont need really heavy coats. I dont think I ever remember wearing more than two layers of clothing in winter in AUstralia.
Up north it will probably be pretty warm so dont think you need to worry about that.

Do you think we will have loads of rain?

Do you think it would sort of be like a mild winter here?

It is a case of time vs weather iyswim

We want to spend lots of time there and we only have 3 weeks at other times of the year

So it is really July and August if we want any length of time

We want to covere the whole country like Dh and I did in 1994 but take DS with us

He has on ly been to Melbourne

I am planning on takign DS on an extended trip to sutralia in few years time, so it will probably be at the same time of year.
Yes, I do think it will be like a mild winter here. But those winds can be biting. Probably wont be as grey and as miserable as it is here though. When it rains in Sydney it does tend to bucket it down.

At least if we were there for 6 or 8 weeks it wouldn't matter so much as if it was only 2 weeks

I mean unless it rains for weeks

The weather in Queensland, NT and WA will probably be very different to NSW. As you know they are thousands and thousands of miles apart. WHy not cally on Suzywong, she is in Perth. There are couple of Brisbane MNs too.

In July and August:

Melbourne - cold (say 5 over night, and 12 during day), wet, windy
Sydney - not as cold as Melbourne, say 10 overnight, 15-18 during day, windy
Cairns - really nice, no jumpers required, dry season so not a lot of wet stuff either
Alice springs, Uluru - nice during day, say 25, bleeping cold at night (middle of desert)
Perth - see Sydney

Great off peak season to travel - take layers (tshirt, long sleeve tshirt, light jumper/fleece, rain proof shell/jacket) and you should be fine

Hope this helps

Thanks that is deffo brill

We wanted DS to see the whole country,

I didn't realise that Cairns was in the dry season.

We would go to Melbourne cos my birth dad lives there, but I am not really in much contact with him to ask a weather forcast

I thought that Perth was warmer than Sydney

Friends of ours from the UK did that at about that time and the weather was fab for them. Melbourne can be a bit changeable ( warm to cool all in the one day and then back to warm again) but QLD - Cairns, Uluru, Alice SPrings will be just pleasant rather than stinking hot and humid like it would be in summer. Dry season for Cairns, Uluru etc.

Here in Brisbane we had a mild winter - at times the temps were warmer than you were having for your UK summer. You might find it cool at night but the days will be lovely.

So would you still swim in pools or the ocean???

Any more members from down under

We left Melbourne on er, 10 Aug 2001 to return to UK. Weather was 21C, sunny, cloudless sky. We sat outside a pizza place on Toorak Road and had lunch. before going to the airport.

We arrived in Birmingham UK 24 hours or so later. The sky was overcast and we needed jackets. The weather was awful

Mostly through the autumn and winter in Melbourne it had been crisp and cool - I was doing WW and I walked virtually every day for 30 mins or more. UK mums I knew out there let their children padddle in the sea most of the year! Aussie mums were horrified at the thought of temps below 12C overnight.....

I can remember one highly notable day of rain which flooded the swimming pool but that was in April.

We went to the beach in Melbourne and as this was in January

So we would still be in the ocean further up the coast in July/August

Yes or no

What about tourist stuff would that be closed down for winter {july/August}

That is great news about Melbourne

it will be very chilly in the early mornings and late evenings in Perth and there will be sunny days max temp 21 but expect rain in August, although two rainy days on the trot are rare and are considered a storm.

Spetember is the wettest month here. But today it is 24 degrees and clear big blue sky.

Sorry haven't read all the thread and don't know your constraints but October has to be the best month to visit

I went to Sydney in August 2000 (cheap before olympics) and it was really cold. Hat and scarf and gloves cold.

tourist stuff really doesn't close down here liek it does in the US etc. Yes - foreigners would be swimming - us Aussie mums wouldn't. Cairns would be ideal - not stinger season - that is later in the year. Definitely in the ocean further up the coast.. I think if you brought a fleece - you would find that sufficient given what you are used to in the UK - and then jsut plan on layer dressing. That is what we aussies tend to do - as it can be chilly morning and late evening but lovely during the day.

I'm in Sydney at the moment - arrived from the UK at the start of August.

TBH it has been colder than I expected. In the mornings and evenings it is chilly, during the day when the sun is out it gets warm, but the sun can vanish behind a cloud and then it gets cold.

I'm still finding it all a bit confusing - it gets quite hot during the day, but suddenly at 5pm it gets dark and cold, so you need to be prepared. It is also windy but the sun is powerful, so you need to have sunscreen.

Some days it is scorching, others wet and rainy. I think it feels much colder to the Aussie mums though - I can be out in a t-shirt and they're all out in scarves.

It's sort of like spring in the UK, but less rainy, bit more windy and hotter when the sun does come out.

HTH!

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Personally I'd avoid Melbourne in July/ Aug - can be very wet/cold/windy. But that probably says more about me than melbourne! You could be lucky and get gorgeous blue skies and crisp sunny days esp a few hours drive inland from Melbourne.

Thanks guys you are all deffo brill

The reason we will be going to Melbourne is to see my Birth dad, he lives there so that would not really make us worry about the weather iyswim

We met him when we were there in 2002

So if we can go swimming in the ocean off cairns and in hotel pools I think we should be ok

SW would we be really stupid to go over to Rotnest???

Glad you started this thread as we are considering doing the same thing. Thought we would do a bit in a camper van, and so cooler weather would be an advantage - in fact to do extensive travel with kids ( ours will be 9, 7 and 1 ish by then) in higher temperatures would be a bit of a nightmare?
Will def be watching this thread and like any recommendations anyone can make..

Yes we did motorhoming around New Zealand in 2002 and loved it

So will deffo be doing it again, maybe up the coast