Weather is "Melbourne Like"

It has been scorchingly hot all summer up here, a record summer with hot days, hot nights and hot oceans all around us.  We have never used the air conditioner as much as we did this summer.  The pool has been warm as well though absolutely delightful for a pre bed swim around 10pm!

So what is this?  A top today of a mere 22° and over 35mls of rain overnight!  Too wet for a bike ride I can tell you!  The pool temperature will be way down too so this year's swimming season may come to an early close.  Usually the drop in temperature day by day comes down slowly by a degree or two.  It was a lovely 27 or 28 yesterday so 22° as a top today is very Melbourne like.

I can't say we are not enjoying the cool day, it is such a pleasant change to what we have experienced.

The Waeco fridge which sits just outside the back door has been dismantled, totally dried out and put away for another 6 months or so!

I spent much of yesterday at a Community Meeting followed by sorting out Android TV boxes for friends.  The major program used is Kodi and it has just updated to Kodi 17.1.  Some of the cheaper boxes don't work as well as the dearer ones so Google Play Store doesn't always work properly.

After finding a version of Kodi 17.1 that will install on these boxes I had to manually update Kodi.  They are happy now as Kodi has upgraded and will run the better addons more effectively.

Speaking of Kodi, Trish and I have just finished watching a TV Series called "Big Little Lies".  It gets a very good score (around 8.6) and stars Nicole Kidman, Reece Witherspoon and Laura Dern.  They are also listed as co-producers.  The first episode or two were a little quiet but it soon warmed up and came to a thrilling finish.  Well worth watching!

While on Kodi there is an addon called MX Australian TV.  It allows me to watch live FTA TV from all around Australia.  It was pleasant watching the Channel 9 Footy Show live from Melbourne on Sunday and created a perfect lead in for Sunday's footy watching!

Our trip to Bali is less than two weeks away so our thoughts are beginning to turn to packing and getting sorted prior to leaving!  It is a nephew's wedding and it will be fantastic to catch up with the boys along with my younger sister Judy.  I guess we will enjoy a few drinks together!