Sydney, New South Wales
We arrived in Sydney to a cloudless sky and the hottest heatwave since 1926. Whilst Sydney's neighbouring cities were experiencing floods and even a 500km wide cyclone, this city was sweltering in over 30C. On the weekend that followed temperatures soared to 42C, an unbelievable heat that we had to sit through during a rugby league match between The Jets, a lower league club and Russel Crowe's team South Syndey, locally known as The Rabbitohs. Not very manly Russ...