Is it Summer yet??

Sadly not in my back garden lol

It’s Summer up in the Northern Hemisphere

and from I see and hear its been a scorching hot one

Looking around blogosphere recently

I noticed some bloggers trying to cool off

by showing snowy photos

in posts they called Winter in July  

Well I have to tell you that it is Winter here in Australia

And here in Victoria we are experiencing a Winter

the same as the ones we had years ago

Very Cold and Very Wet  

So as I’m getting fed up with coats and hats

and gloves and scarves

and long trousers and woollen sweaters

and umbrellas

Heres my version of trying to warm up visually

incorporated with a recent theme

Do any of you remember where I was this time last year?

I most certainly do lol

To escape from Melbourne’s cold Winter weather

we took ourselves off to the Sunshine State

Staying in Bowen, Far North Tropical Queensland

for a couple of glorious months

we enjoyed as much of the lovely warm Winter sunshine

as we could.

Bowen is on the east coast of Queensland

right at the top of the area called the Whitsundays

http://www.tourismbowen.com.au/visitor_assistance/how_to_get_here.html

So with blue skies – dry warm days – sunny skies 

I was in heaven

I was having my Summer in July lol

Trying to find photos

for a warm me up by thinking of Summer in July post

I came across these.

Benches in the Sunshine

The ocean was only a few minutes walk from our cabin

and this is where I saw this bench

Perfect for sitting on and watching the ocean

Don’t forget to click and enlarge the photos

Dh preferred to stand lol

I found the next one in Bowen itself

One side of Herbert Street is higher than the other

and there are several of these fabulous covered crossings 

all the way down the street

Covered in Bougainvillea

they are perfect for sitting in/on – resting awhile in the shade

or waiting for the rain to ease

Rain you say – what rain?

Well up there in that paradise they have a wet season

when the rain comes down in bucket loads

This happens in our Summer not in the Winter

so this little town swells in population 

during the dry warmish Winter months 

I spoke about these covered crossings  

in a previous Todays Flowers  post

Now to finish off here is another bench of sorts

In the sun like the others

Simple to look at – simple in nature

It has just one purpose 

To allow you to sit and have some quiet time

just looking at the ocean

This delightful one was at Montes Reef Resort

an hour and a half away from Bowen

I wrote about Montes  

in this Watery Wednesday post

Oh yes I know its now August

but I did think about this post in July

and it’s still Winter and it’s still cold

and it’s still wet lol