00:00Days above 40 degrees are nothing new for the outback.
00:06But with summer still more than a month away, the heat has set in early.
00:10For this time of the year it's bloody shocking at the moment, and yeah,
00:13you've got flies and the heat, but yeah, you just deal with it really.
00:17We've seen exceptional heat or hot conditions across much of western Queensland today
00:23and over the past few days, with severe heatwave conditions
00:26ongoing broadly across western Queensland at the moment.
00:29Temperatures in southwest Queensland are more than 12 degrees above the October average.
00:35A dip in the pool, a much needed break for these outback kids on camp.
00:39Don't worry, we are at the pool so we can all cool down from the dewy because it's very hot.
00:47In Longreach, the mercury reached 42 degrees.
00:50I mean, God bless the air conditioner.
00:53As residents turned to tried and true methods of staying cool.
00:57We went through about nine bags of ice today and yesterday, and we have a little ice machine,
01:01so it's working overtime.
01:03I'm barely tolerated, but if it's more hot, it's hot though.
01:09It's been an early taste of summer, with Birdsville reaching more than 46 degrees today,
01:14which is now Queensland's hottest October day on record.
01:17It's gotten hotter out here, it feels like it's hotter than it was this time last year.
01:21It's the persistency of these temperatures and how early they developed in October as well.
01:26People and animals taking refuge in the water.
01:30It's the first time you can find the easiest way to find thegrade area of the water.
01:35The lowest amount of water is not too much with the water.
01:36The lowest amount of water is going to be within Centingen.
01:37It's günstiged for hours when you're at a temperature.
01:39It's gone to a pomegranate, beds and beds.
01:40It's been in place with the lowest amount of water.
01:41It's the lowest amount of water is the lowest amount of water.
01:43It's the lowest amount of water is water.
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