Our first full day on holiday and Melbourne recorded it’s coldest minimum between Christmas and New Year since 1968. It got down to 9 degrees. It was snowing in Alpine Victoria! We had the wood heater going over night.
Tuesday wasn’t quite as cold but it certainly wasn’t anywhere near warm enough to even think about going to the beach.
Wednesday started off fairly cool with a fresh southerly coming right off the ocean. But then mid afternoon the wind dropped to nothing and the sky cleared. Suddenly it was summer and everyone headed for the beach