Australia – The Heat

It was impossibly hot in Sydney yesterday. And I expect no better today. The sun burnt on my skin and it was simply impossible to stop sweating. One of the shocks was that there was no air-conditioning in the many beautiful cafes and restaurants in the old buildings at the Rocks. Nor was there in the buses and trains. And this is the largest city in Australia. Another was how damaging the sun could be to the skin. I had been mistaken as a Japanese just before I left Melbourne. But at the end of my first day in Sydney, someone asked me if I was Indonesian.

Williamstown

There was a sudden thunderstorm when I was in Williamstown. One moment it was blazing sunshine, the next it was storm. I was so frightened when the wind started and the sky began to darken, as I didn't have my umbrella with me. I rushed back to the train station and then the thunder broke. The train was a little late. Soon the station staff told us that the power was out, probably the lightning had struck some power lines. So I eventually took a ferry back to Melbourne. The next day, the TV news said that two people had been killed by the lightning that day.