South Australian Heat Wave Poem by Francis Duggan

You'd best wear footwear to the beach this weather
The foreshore sand so hot can burn your feet
In all my years and I've known many Summers
I swear by all I've never known such heat.

Maybe it's because I come from a colder climate
And I have less resistance to the sun
But native people too have been complaining
Which goes to show I'm not the only one.

It's been said that South Australia much warmer than Victoria
And with such a statement I won't disagree
The temperatures are soaring near the forty
And this is near the end of February.

There is no talk about a cool change coming
And the forecast still warm for a week or two
The sun in a blue sky keeps getting hotter
Since early morn through clouds it has burnt through.

It's been said from mid March on the weather changes
And the temperatures dropp ten degrees or more
But by then I'll be back in Sherbrooke mountains
Eight hundred k's south east of Semaphore.