@Paul1255
Seeing as I am actually able to Sign-in and reply Paul, I thought I might as well take the opportunity, although this thread is getting a bit long in the tooth!
You are possibly going to hate me for this Paul, but, here is our current forecast for Mt Barker over the next week.......
I am taking all the precautions I can to stop the garden from getting too much of a hammering from the heat......but, being at altitude, the nights are beautiful! We sit outside until maybe 10.30-11.00 PM before we bother to think about our evening meal. By that time the 'wine vault' has come into play to such an extent that, what ever it was we had in mind for dinner can wait till another night and we just content ourselves with a bit of a cheese plate or a bit of bread and paté!
As long as the bush-fires don't come to close, summer is a good time to be in Oz!
Cheers.......Rob