Re: Aussies and Kiwis----- Optus B3
You are dead right with the satelites for TV receptions. We need one if we want what I think you would term cable, plus we need one for the internet if we want fast stuff, and we don't live so far from a major city.<br />Out the Back they definately need satelites. There is a great photo of a phone box with a solar panel and a dish on top. There is not so much a blade of grass between it and the horizon, 360 degrees, and the captions below says "call home anytime".<br /> I also understand the farmers out there had satelite phones long before the military. They came in a type of brief case, and the lid was the dish. You had a table that told you what time a satelite would be coming over the horizon, what degrees to turn the lid to, and how much time you had before you had to re-adjust the lid. And away you went, call home and tell mum when you would be there. I have only every seen them on TV programs. <br />The problem is, to much area and not enough people to warrant conventional infrastructure.<br />As for the weather here, well I would guess it could be similar to your part of the world. Summer is hell, winter is great. Just had 5 days in a row with temps over 40C (? 105F) and one day at my place it was 45C (? 115F). Add high humidity to that and it is not pleasant.<br />The sun is so fierce my wife won't wear boots (we have a production nursery)as when she gets dressed up to go out etc she has what we call "white socks" and that is brown legs/arms etc with pure white feet up to where her ankle socks finish. Looks rediculious. Now wears open sandals and goes barefoot for an hour a day to keep the feet same colour all over. Has to wear sun proof clothing too, as gets a "bra" mark clean through conventional clothing.Skin cancers are a risk too so take precautions.<br />Cheers<br />Phillip
<br /><br />Hope you guys have had a good summer. Our winter here was really nice and mild in North West Florida, but now I'm ready for the fishing to pick up