Why Australia Might Not Be The Best Choice For A Summer Vacation.

An Australian summer from my experience.

1. Sleepless nights.

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There's nothing we love more than at the end of the day getting into bed, looking forward to finding bliss under those covers and getting a good sleep. Of course, with never-ending heat it's an impossible task to get into a comfortable position and even begin to stay in one position. Not to mention waking up sweating!

2. Going to the beach to cool off, sounds good, right? Wrong!

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The moment you step onto the blistering hot sand you want nothing more than to cool off into the water, but don't forget that touch of sunburn you're doomed to wear home. Even after applying sunscreen, chances are you'll go home with some portion of your body red after a good few hours in the water that seems almost too full with the amount of other people wanting to cool off. You need to get to the beach early to find a spot on the sand and then struggle to stay with your friends in the water and not turn around to find some sweaty old man behind you, panting.

With this heat, it's really not fun to do anything. It's a choice between staying inside and sweating, or going outside and sweating profusely while burning.

3. Staying home with the air conditioner on sounds like a good idea, right?

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With the amount of other homes using their fans and air conditioners the chances are a power outage will happen. You stay at home, your skin sticking to surfaces from perspiration and desperately wanting to have any source of cooling you can have. With the Sun blazing down on power lines and people reaching for an escape, you can see why you can't have the freedom of sitting under an air conditioner for hours on end.

4. People are hospitalised from the heat.

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The victims are usually the elderly, but you're not surprised to turn on the news at night and hear a report of someone being admitted to hospital from the heat. Reporters sometimes recommend to go to shopping centres just for the air conditioner if you don't have one at home, and you often see people sleeping on couches in the shops.

5. Fires, fires everywhere.

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It sounds like the common Aussie thing to "put some shrimp on the barbie" when the weather is hot and cook a good steak, but with total fire bans everywhere it's not a welcome idea. Almost every summer there is reports of fires raging out of control and evacuations happening everywhere. (Seriously, for your own safety, check fire reports before travelling and listen out for the danger risk of fires in areas.)

Australia is a great place for a holiday, but more in the spring or autumn time with good weather instead of never ending forty-degree heat waves.