G'day, For anybody with a caravan. Put a block of Butter on the bench top. If the butter melys it is time to travel South. If the butter is too hard to spread it is time to travel North.

I love winter and never get sick of it. The whole week is pretty awesome.

Winter in Queensland? Last year it happened on a Wednesday!

There is a simple reason why Australia has on the whole warmer winters than continental United States. Firstly, the three main factors that influence a climate are the following: (1) Distance from the equator (2) Elevation (3) Distance from the moderating influence of the sea. The first of these is pretty easy to understand. Australia is closer the equator (roughly by about 10 degrees of latitude) than the United States. The average elevation of Australia’s interior is a good 300 metres (just under a 1000 feet) lower than the US. This translates to a drop of roughly 5 degrees. The thing that really makes the Unites States so cold in winter is the third factor. Between Australia and Antarctica there is a lot of ocean. The ocean is like a big heat bath. As extremely cold air comes up from the South Pole during the southern hemisphere winter, it crosses the southern ocean and warms up appreciably. The land mass of North America is huge. In fact it is contiguous all the way from Mexico to Florida. As such, when extremely cold air comes down from the North Pole it traverses only land - with the exception of the Great Lakes - and doesn’t warm up very much (compared to what it would if it had to cross an ocean). This freezing cold air manages to travel all the way to the southern states without warming up too much and is why it even snows in Florida and Texas. Note that despite there being some overlap in latitude between the US and Australia (between 30 and 40 degrees north and south, respectively), regions in Australia that are on a similar latitude to the United States are much warmer in winter. At sea level snow is confined to latitudes higher than 35° north and 35° south of the equator. It does snow in Australia but rarely at sea level, however. You really have to be inland, away from the moderating warming influence of the ocean, normally above 600 metres to get any, and definitely higher to get snow every year (for example in towns on the NSW Central and Northern Tablelands). Australia, being predominantly drier than the US means that, even if it cold enough to snow, it won't because the air is far too dry. Canberra, at an elevation of 600 metres where winter minimums get down to minus 8 degrees Celsius certainly gets cold enough to snow but as it is in a rain shadow most of the snow falls on the western side of the ranges to the city’s west. In other parts of the country snow can fall to very low elevations but only when the conditions are favourable, such as when the jet stream forces a polar vortex to come up to lower latitudes and there is a lot of moisture in the air that streams down from the tropics. Polar vortexes are a regular feature of winter weather in the United States but are less prevalent in the southern hemisphere. In the southern half of Australia winter weather is dominated by cold fronts that traverse the continent that bring lots of rain and sometimes snow to those areas which are susceptible. In the wake of a cold front, dry but much colder weather follows. Inland the weather will be much colder and often falling below zero at night. Canberra is Australia's coldest capital city with a record winter minimum of minus 10° C.

Sydney doesn’t really get too cold but if you live around the dividing range it can get bitterly cold. Make sure you have a jacket that doesn’t allow the wind through. At night around the house I wear very thick socks to insulate my feet. In general I don’t do fashion I just wear what’s comfortable.

Brisbane doesn't have much of a winter maybe 3-4 weeks but our day time temps are in the early 2o's.

As for our seasons, we have autumn not fall

Couple of years ago I was just outside Darwin on a touristy river cruise thing and the guide goes "how bloody cold is it". He was rugged up like he was going skiing. It was 23c

We call it dry season :) Move further north and “winter” will be your favourite season.

Puffer Jacket = Tassie Tuxedo

I reckon the best way to survive Winter is to move up here to Darwin.

Don’t forget to “rug up!” 😂 That was a new phrase we learned when we moved from the states to Sydney 4 years ago. Basically, whip out the “jumpers” and layer, layer, layer. Minimal insulation and draftiness is definitely a thing (or lack of) here…

A lot of visitors feel the winter cold in Australia as most places are not centrally heated like they are in Europe and North America.

In Darwin NT we only have 2 seasons the wet daily thunderstorms (30 to 35C November to April and the dry clear blue skies and no rainfall 12 to 28C April to November)

I agree on the rugs. When I moved into my house in Quakers Hill, my first winter (2007) was the coldest I had ever experienced mostly due to having floor boards and I felt the wind and cold coming up. The next couple of years I invested in good quality rugs and it made life so much easier. The BOM thinks we are going to have a warm winter this year (I'll believe it when I see it) but last year it was so warm in July in Sydney that I started pulling out my Spring and Summer clothes much earlier.

As a Brisbaneite, my solutions for winter is double layers, elbow length fingerless gloves, thick socks and house shoes, hot showers right before sleep, my quilt. Brisbane never gets _really_ cold, but cold is a matter of acclimatization, and I am acclamated to South Queensland. My favourite chicken soup is in rotation more frequently in winter, and I am less reticient in my oven cooking than I can be in summer. I would say Americans who have known snow would find Brisbane winter positively balmy.

I lived in Canberra for 7 years. It regularly dipped to minus 4 or 5 overnight. Also got so windy sometimes that I could barely walk in a straight line. Never been so cold 😅 Am in Melbourne these days. Doesn't get much below 2 or 3 deg overnight but it can be overcast & windy so a good coat & scarf are essential. Electric hot water bottles are also amazing for indoors 😊

Beautiful thumbnail. Really eye catching. Appreciate the effort you put in to grow this channel. Cheers.

I remember a European architect describing Australian house as wooden tents. Ie no insulation and lots of drafts.

We wear trench coats in Melbourne during autumn spring and early winter

If you're using the reverse cycle air-conditioning for heating this winter, isolate /close off rooms, that you're not really need to heat. A kitchen, a hall way etc. Your machine will thank you and work more efficiently.

I NEED a puffer jacket in Canberra..we are SO cold in winter.

Good episode, and some great comments! Try spending winter in Canberra...

Luckily for me, I just need to layer up a bit. I don't feel the cold as much and still overheat frequently during Winter....

Above 20 degrees shorts below 20 degrees tracky dacks 😊

I love winter. The colder the better because it aids snowfall for skiing in the Alps. Another tip. Warm up with less white and more red wine and Jagermiesters and mulled wine.

I visited Sydney and the Blue Mountains three weeks ago and was surprised by the weather. I heard it was sunny and alot like California but it felt more like New York. The first days it was hot and humid and then it down poured for 3 days and then it dropped to 50 degrees all in a week.

Because our weather is moderate, we never learned to insulate our houses properly in Australia, especially Sydney. My house has double glazing and full insulation. We live year round in 22-26 deg C. Solar panels power our reverse cycle aircond in daylight hours.

Well here in the border region of Queensland and NSW it's down to 15C and I have the heat on. Mind you this is the wettest weekend in awhile, I got 86mm of rain in the gauge so now waiting to see if the creek comes up and we're stranded for a few days.

I live inland in southern NSW. It gets really cold in winter. I didn't realize how cold Australian homes can be until I lived in Europe.

Despite being just south of the tropic of Capricorn, Alice Springs frequently goes below zero (Celsius) in the winter. Garden hose frozen solid, Ice on the windscreen and raging fire in the fireplace. I remember the cold as well ass the 46 degree (Celsius) in Summer.

To find real winter clothing one only has to travel south from Sydney to the Southern Highlands and a tip go to Bowral Rail stationtake the bridge over the rail line turn left and about 300 Metres down on your right is the Farmers CoOp where you will find things such as Drizabone Clothing much cheaper than in Sydney and last time I went there I found Thomas Cook brand 15oz Denim jeans with 3M thinsulate linings just like the ones you can find in the Northern States of the USA and Canada. Those Thomas Cook jeans are Warm, Comfortable with the extra padding of the thinsulate liner and even when soaked on the outside remain dry inside where it matters much like Ski gear but more amenable to general useage

Make sure your chimney is clean, also micathermic heaters are great

In Sydney, proper winter only lasts about 3 weeks (back end of June and early July) - but in that 3 weeks I have been colder than I have been in the snow in America and its never snowed in Sydney while I've been alive (I've been told it did once so maybe 1 time in 100 years it will snow). Its still cold for a few months but pretty bearable with just long sleeves and full length pants required to be comfortable for the rest of winter.

Space heating, as you call it, is expensive. Always use a reverse cycle heat pump as these will cool and heat and are the cheapest form of heating available.

Your in Blacktown Western Sydney it occasionally gets cold being close to the Blue Mountains with the odd frost a few times in July August , on the coast in Sydney City it is rare to go below 10 c at night common winter day time temp is 20 c

Have you tried that Adelaide delicacy - a floater ? It’s a steak-and-kidney pie, floating in a bowl of pea-and- ham soup. Delicious on cold Adelaide day - with an Adelaide Coopers Ale. (Kym in Darwin. PS have you tried some lamingtons ? Small squares of chocolate-and-raspberry coated sponge cake, rolled in finely chopped coconut (desiccated). Kym in Darwin - where our signature dish is a bowl of hot laksa)

We have full duct reverse cycle air conditioning and by Actron and it is fantastic . We have had it for 14 years and is still working well .

Sydney doesn't really get cold. In my many decades of living in SW Sydney I rarely needed a jacket, and at that usually just a light jacket, especially if windy or first thing in the morning. Then again I just wear a light hoodie jacket where I am now, and we get frost and snow :) A good pair of socks or slippers can be a must inside the house, especially if it's an older house built on stumps, thus having an under house space, and just floor boards etc. If you have carpet it's not as vital.

As someone who lives in a van ... I use Queensland to solve my winter chill problems 😎

My mum made a great home made vegetable soup which she made every weekend during the winter months. 😊

Reasonable advice. Trying to keep your entire living space might be wasteful, instead concentrate on rooms and areas that get a lot of use. Old school mentality here. Rather than going straight to the heaters if feeling cold, consider putting something on. Go to long sleeves, or add a jumper. My wife was born'n'bred in northern China, and is completely alongside the idea of snow and really really cold winters. However, she maintains that Sydney winters are worse in some ways - the temperature may not get nearly as low, but something about the balance of humidity means that (for her), it just FEELS colder. Small Lifehack of mine. If you have a thick dressing gown, and it's a cold night, use said gown as an extra blanket. When you get up in the morning, it'll be close to hand AND pre-warmed for you.

Last night was the first sub zero night for autumn here in Canberra. Although the temperature can fall below zero between March and November, this is the first one for 2024.

I use pension heating . Blankets and a dog . Some parts of Australia it gets cold enough to call it a three dog night .

It snows in oberon 3 hours from Sydney just on the west side of the blue mountains. Bloody cold already.

Even in "tropical" Queensland it gets cold. I used to have a Girlfriend on the Granite Belt and I saw below -7 Celsius at her place (18 Fahrenheit). That's about the equivalent of seeing those temperatures in Texas. That's not record lows for the state either. Just over the border into New South Wales there are a number of places where in extreme weather there are running waterfalls that can freeze solid. Australian homes are really not designed to keep the heat in. Minimal insulation. Concrete slabs, tiled floors and tin roofs. Houses from Perth and Sydney to the north are normally designed for coping with the heat, south of that dealing with the cold, although there are exceptions (for instance Bathurst, Mudgee, Armadale, Glen Innes, Tenterfield - all high altitude and bitterly cold). It's very much worth remembering that Australia averages more snowfall per year than the Swiss Alps and has an active ski season across 3 states and the Australian Capital Territory, but snow can and has fallen in every state. Even the northern ones in most years. In alpine regions it can snow and go below zero C ANY time of year, even mid summer can cause potentially deadly hypothermia, if the drop bears don't get you first. Which they will, except at Perisher Valley, Smiggins, Mt Hotham, Mt Wellington or Charlotte Pass. But Dinner Plain is really just dinner time for the drop bears. Clothing will be better layered. Down in Melbourne, or at least south of the Great Dividing Range, and into Tasmania you can probably rely on actual winter thickness clothing for about 4 or 5 months of the year. In Sydney or Perth it's probably for 2-3 months of the year. In Brisbane it's two layers of summer stuff, or a jacket or hoodie and a t-shirt. In Darwin? Winter is probably 28 degrees C instead of 33, so rug up with a thin t-shirt instead of a singlet. Alpine areas? Tracksuit under jeans or thermals under jeans, t shirt, flannelette shirt, jacket. Take the jacket off if the weather is good or you're exercising a lot.

Good tips. I'm in an old place currently with no reverse heating etc😑. People too often incorrectly cite the degrees celsius as an absolute indicator of how "cold" it is. And then often proclaim that Australia doesn't really get that cold in winter🙄. Which is nonsense. (unless you live in tropical north Qld). First of all the wind chill factor, antarctic winds etc, often make the "real feel" several degrees lower than the actual recorded temperature. So 12 degrees could well have a reel feel of 8 degrees and so on. And as you've discussed, many Australian homes and buildings have crap insulation compared to northern hemisphere homes. And central heating is not widespread like it is in Europe, Canada etc. Thus many Aussie homes feel absolutely freezing inside in middle of winter. I've seen people from Europe and Canada say they have never felt so cold inside in winter as they have in Australia. Studies have even shown that a high percentage of Australian homes have a lower household temperature in winter than the reccomended living standard for inside the home. So if anyone tries to shame you for feeling cold in Aussie winter, hit their ignorance with some facts. It's not simply about the temperature reading on your phones app. People visiting Australia should remember the seasons are reversed and consider what type of holiday they want. If they want to enjoy the beaches and swimming - avoid may-to early September. Too windy and cold and water temperature too cold. With maybe the exception being far north Qld. but most people don't just go there and tend to travel to Sydney, Melbourne, Good coast etc. It snows in parts in NSW, Victoria and Tasmania in winter here.

I was born in Montreal, been here in Adelaide since 1985. When my friends come to visit in winter they always complain about how cold my place is lol. They ask me don't you feel that? Nope, I just put on a sweater or two and I feel fine, no need to use electricity to warm my place up. Unfortunately I use the AC a lot in the summer though 😭

You'll find good coats in Melbourne. Sydney, not so much. A good Melbourne coat is great for a cold Sydney day or night. Sydney just doesn't have as many of those cold (under 15°C) days to have much of a market for them. Get them from the markets - good quality ones will last for many years.

At home in the winter it’s an Oodie and Uggs, two great Australian inventions and if it’s really cold I’ll use the reverse cycle air con for heating. Leaving the house you’re right about layers being the way to go and a warm coat for the days when the wing is blowing from the south.

Cheapest way to keep warm is to keep head and feet warm. Thick socks and beanies are good options.

You always understand this place well.

I live in Tasmania and even though it gets cold it is nothing like the harsh American or European extremes

Try bubble-wrap to cover windows during cold weather, as it acts prevent heat loss through single pane glass windows.

the best and cheapest way for me to keep warm in australian winter is to wear warm clothes!

This is my 2nd winter on the south coast. Wish i was back in qld 🥶

You can get berries all year round in Australia !! And trench coats in winter are more common in Melbourne .

Unfortunately wood fireplaces are now way too expensive to use here in Sydney. I use my ducted air conditioning on Heat cycle during the cold months. It’s actually cheaper to use on Heat than Cooling. Uses less power. To help further I now have Solar panels on the roof so during the day it’s even cheaper and I can get a rebate for sending some of that solar power back to the network.

Hi Katlin I want summer back and it gets cold where I live

I live i middle of NSW but original from Nth Victoria n my btother lives in SA Mt Gambier. All have good n bad as Victoria can have same heat as NSW but humidity, long hot days before you get change or not but Victoria you usually get cooler change. Winter is different especially in Victoria much colder in morning n doesn't warm up unlike here in NSW, Dubbo where be some days 12oC but could be 20oC so hang your washing out it might dry out but get clothes off before 5pm before cold night hits. I like Autumn so winter doesn't effect me unlike Dubbo summer with humidity. SA is like Melbourne 4 seasons in one day but it doesn't go below -2oC but doesn't warm up maybe 8oC n winds blow cold. More rainfall along coast too. Layers of clothes is right but i do have summer n winter wardrobe but been farmer i have 4 wardrobe workwear n going out. Coats I haven't wore my oilskin dry bone for many years been dry winter but usually winter jacket from my favourite tractor brand LOL but been here in Dubbo it usually vest or light rain jacket, somedays it jacket but never coat or some workers wear tradie jacket that have batteries fitted to keep warm. As for food bring it on hot casserole, pudding n custard, not big fan of stews especially runny one don't be lazy Shepard's pie is better choice. Nice pumpkin soup easy to make, hot Milo or tea if hungry between meals.

Or you could live in Melbourne, and be ready for any weather, any time of the year.

I’m in Canberra and the electric blanket is my best friend. Are they really a thing in America?

What Winter?

8 years in Chicago, 22 years back in Sydney. Now, my body tells me it's freezing, but my brain is like 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. My body is acclimated and legitimately gets cold, but intellectually I still can't take Sydney winter seriously.

Australian winters are mild compared to many other countries, especially in Europe. There are many different climates to choose from, so you never need to go overseas.

Kinda Australian if you want to feel the real winter inland is the best option as it dosn't really get cold on the coast

Wow thank you, we needed an American to tell us how to survive an Australia winter, I have been doing it all wong for the past 57 years. Please tell us also what foods are only available seasonally except very few vegis or fruits.

Your vid should be entitled Winter in Sydney. Brisbane/Gold Coast has winter for 2 or 3 days. Darwin doesn't even know what winter is. Melbourne has winter for 10 months of the year.

It's weird that Summer still hasn't left Western Australia....

My tip is you just think you're in a nice warm place like in the tropics on a nice beach. Mind over matter. 😎

Fashion rules when it comes to girls' outfits. I have seen young women wearing hoodies in the summer heat (it looks cool!) and a young lady one frosty Melbourne morning wearing a puffer jacket over a mini dress with bare legs underneath it. (very chilly!)

if you're down South (Melbourne and points South) get yourself an Oodie, they'll keep you toasty

My family has been born on Australian soil since 1780's and the early 1800's an lived on the northern NSW table lands for over 200 years in a sub alpine climate, an I can say some winters it gets as cold as minus 14 degrees Celsius around Guyra an Armidale an snows to And the highest point on the Australian mainland is the ben lomond hill at Guyra not mount kosiosko

and always check ya slippers lol

I live in a tin shed so get both extremes, all I have is a fan and small electric heater, nothing beats just layering up, not synthetic fibre clothing though, and just a light wool blanket works a treat, and not being a pussy helps too, lol

Winter in Brisbane is my only chance to unleash my inner bogan. I get to pair my shorts with flannelette shirts

When I first migrated to Melbourne from the e-freakin'-quator, I was freezing. Decades on, my answer to winter is putting on a shirt. Don't even bother with shoes. Or pants.

Want to expience winter? Go camping in the Basalt country North of Charters Towers in Nth QLD. Nobody smiles up there because if you do your lips will crack and bleed.👍🇦🇺

its bit hear yet, but its 1 didget already

here in queensland we dont get much of a winter .

Tip 1 - come to Perth 😉

Honestly, being in Sydney you don't know what winter is. Yes there is a colder time, but minus 7 down here in winter is not really unusual. Often have no water in winter as pipes frozen, Yes I live in a older house, but don't have heating or cooling, I dress to season. Only thing I really insist on is a electric blanket, works wonders.

We don't get winter where I live...

I miss central HVAC

Move from Melbourne to Darwin.

Survive winter? Pull out a warmer cardy and get a couch blankie for over your knees. Done.

Winter, what winter?

Get a boyfriend a snuggle rug put on a tracky and some uggys you'll think it's summer 😂

It's not even cold and doesn't even get that cold.

None of that relates to half or Australia.

Drink Rum

You have a long way to go to get used to Australia. some of what you hear to reality is mostly bullshit.

The Best way I survive a Melbourne winter is just crank up the heater , k-mart fleecy black track dacks , explorer socks , flannel jarmies , duck down doona and couch , somewhere through the day go to work .