Planet of Fire

Just when I had started to think that maybe I am just a frail, pale ginger man, living in a continent which should rightfully belong to black skinned humans for physiological reasons as much as any other, I learned that this is officially Adelaide's worst ever heat wave since records began. Yesterday we reached nine consecutive days over 35 degrees, and no relief is expected until next week - when I'll be home in Melbourne.

Crazy Adelaide. Still, it was a few degrees cooler yesterday than previously, so I went out after midnight and had a few drinks and a dance at the Garden of Unearthly Delights. It was the first real partying I've done the whole time I've been here, as I've previously been too hot or stressed to enjoy myself properly.