Gosh, it was hot here in Sydney yesterday. 42 degrees Celsius is not the most comfortable of climatic conditions and the city sweltered. With such a prediction I headed for the beach with a friend at 0700, when the cool sea breeze was much in evidence. However, by mid-morning we headed home to the air-conditioning. In contrast the temperature to-day is exactly half of what it was yesterday and the drizzle will hopefully extinguish the bushfires north of Sydney. The NSW country town of Coonamble holds the record for the hottest Australian November day which was 46.1 deg.