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St Kilda Beach
Summer is finally here in Australia but it hasn't particularly been a hot summer with an el nina event meaning heavy rain and temps below 20s it feels like an extremely long autumn or an extended winter. In between these cold days that are even bringing snow to our alpine regions are a few hot summer days but they are long and far inbetween.
For little miss she is well aware of what summer is and how fun it can be swimming in the river or heading to the beach but for little bloke he is only just learning about the beach and unfortunately been missing out on some super fun times!
Living in Australia means that our entire nation is girt by sea and pretty much most our population lives on the East Coast and has access to a beach and if it isn't a beach there is a river or inland lakes and water ways to have fun in.
As we live in Melbourne the weather is a lot cooler so the water temp isn't always the best for all year round swimming and even summer weather, our beach water isn't that warm but it is still wonderful to cool off in.
This past weekend we had a 34 degree celsius day so it gave us the opportunity to head down to little miss's favourite beach St Kilda which if I could compare it kind of to something in other nations it's probably similar in culture to Miami beach just a heck of a lot smaller.
Still it was a lot of fun to head down and relax in the suns warm rays and take a dip in the cool ocean water which little miss is getting a lot more confident in but little bloke is more content sitting on the shoreline playing with his trucks in the sand.
We had a wonderful time exploring the beach and walking around a bit and after COVID there seems to be a lot more people out and about enjoying the suns rays and a dip in our wonderful bay. Flooding has made some sections not fit for swimming in as the water quality has declined in some areas as all the inland water flows out through rivers and channels.
This ment we couldn't swim in our favourite river which is a bit of a risk due to the water and contaminents flowing down into it.
Unfortunatley it looks like summer is canceled in Australia this year and we will have a few hot days here and there and we will need to take our opportunities as they arise. While the previous two summers were fantastic we couldn't really do much due to lockdowns and COVID spread. So 2023 is looking more like our summer where we will get out and about more often.
How is summer looking where you reside? Are you also suffering from an El Nina event?
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