Comments on: Podcast 108 – On a Hot Day in Melbourne

By: Rob McCormack

Rob McCormack — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 20:47:17 +0000

Hi Pierre,
Many thanks for your comment. I am glad you find my podcast useful. Good luck with your English studies.
Have a great day.
Rob.

By: Pierre Alain CORNET

Pierre Alain CORNET — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 18:00:55 +0000

I found out your website thanks to an American teacher. I’m happy to read your text and listen to your voice.
They are very useful.
Pierre, an old French student

By: Rob McCormack

Rob McCormack — Sat, 06 Feb 2021 06:11:38 +0000

In reply to Valerie.

Hi Valerie,
Many thanks for your comment. I am glad that you were able to have your trip to Australia before the pandemic. It sounds like you had a wonderful time. You have been to some places which I have not visited yet. Darwin and the red centre are still on my list of places to visit.
I hope you are safe and well during these difficult times.
All the best,
Rob

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 10:13:38 +0000

Dear Rob,
Thanks to Tanya, my English lecturer from the USA, I’ve just discovered
your podcast. It is such a nice way for me to improve my English and
remember your country !
After having dreaming about Australia for thirty-five years, I finally
landed in Sydney in summer 2019. My partner and I spent almost five
weeks from Sydney to Cairns, then Darwin and the red centre. Every time I realized how my dream was coming true, I cried with happiness …

I’m very happy to listen to your stories… many thanks for this podcast !

Best regards,

Valérie from France (Brittany)

By: Rob McCormack

Rob McCormack — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 20:28:33 +0000

In reply to Alla.

Hi Alla,
Many thanks for your comment. Krasnodar certainly sounds like a hot place. Personally, I find high humidity quite unpleasant, which is one reason why I like Melbourne so much. It rarely has high humidity. I can understand that breathing would feel difficult when the humidity is very high. We are all grateful for our air conditioners, that’s for sure. It’s amazing how we managed to cope in the past when we had no cooling, or in your case not even an electric fan. We didn’t know anything different, so we just got on with life and didn’t complain. I doubt that I could manage today without an air conditioner, but I guess, if we had to, we would. I like the idea of having a barbeque or going for a swim. It’s what we used to do when I was a child.
Thanks again for your interesting comment.
Have a great day.
Rob

By: Alla

Alla — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 11:08:39 +0000

Hello Rob, My name is Alla and I am from Krasnodar, Russia. I think that Krasnodar and the nearest areas to it is the warmest place in Russia. We have a very hot and wet weather in summer. Sometimes the humidity is so high that it becomes hard to breathe. The avarage temperature in summer in Krasnodar is about 35 degrees C. But we are lucky, now we have lots of devices for cooling. When I was a child, in 1980s we didn’t have even an electric fan. Of course now people don’t imagine summer without air conditioning inside their houses or cars. As for me in hot summer time my family and I love to go outside to the local rivers and have a barbeku there or we like swimming in the Black Sea on our weekends. Thank you for your podcasts, they are very interesting and useful!

By: Rob McCormack

Rob McCormack — Sat, 23 Feb 2019 05:54:11 +0000

In reply to Neslihan Uslu.

Hi Neslihan,
45 deg C is very hot indeed. Occasionally we get maximum temperatures as high as that in summer. It’s almost unbearable. We also stay inside on days like that. If you check out Podcast 23 (https://slowenglish.info/?p=695) you can see what can happen in Australia when the temperature is very high and there are also strong winds.
It sounds like your summerhouse is a great place to relax and enjoy the summertime. I grew up in a seaside town in Western Australia. I have fond memories of many summer school holidays spent at the beach. It’s great that your husband and children can also enjoy swimming in summer, and of course walks on the beach are always special.
Thanks again for your kind words about my podcast.
Cheers from Melbourne,
Rob

By: Neslihan Uslu

Neslihan Uslu — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 18:25:37 +0000

Hello Rob. I am from Turkey. I live in Aegean region where the hottest of Turkey. Our summer is being around 45 degrees Celcius in July and August. We usually don’t go out from 10 a.m to 16 p.m in summers . Air conditioner is really necessary for us. On hot days we are moving to our summerhouse in Ku?adas?. Ku?adas? is a touristic town in the seaside. My husband and our children like swimming. I like walking on the beach. Actually we love summer although it is very hot. I miss summer. Your podcasts are excellent.thank you again and again.

By: Rob McCormack

Rob McCormack — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 21:36:51 +0000

In reply to ubaidillahumar.

Hi,

Many thanks for your comment. I hope the weather in your part of the world is a bit cooler than here in Melbourne today. We are expecting a maximum of 45 deg C, so I will be staying indoors!
Have a great day.
Rob

By: ubaidillahumar

ubaidillahumar — Thu, 24 Jan 2019 15:18:57 +0000

Thanks for your sharing, so little know about the weather in Australia!

By: Rob McCormack

Rob McCormack — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 04:25:29 +0000

In reply to Andrey.

Hi Andrey,
Many thanks for your comment. I can understand your viewpoint. I guess a little bit of heat would be great right now in Saint-Petersberg. Seven degrees below zero sounds very cold indeed. In Australia, I can keep cool with my airconditioner. In Saint-Petersberg, you can keep warm with your heater. I hope we can both get some more comfortable weather soon.
Have a great day.
Rob

By: Andrey

Andrey — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 02:38:00 +0000

Very good podcast about weather in Australia. I like hote waeather, but I live in Russia, in Saint-Petersburg. The tempurature today is 7 bellow zero C.