00:00So far this week, the Weather Bureau has reported temperatures as high as 49 degrees in the Pilbara.
00:08Here in Marble Bar, locals have seen their own thermometers creep higher than 50 degrees.
00:13But for the 200 residents of Australia's hottest town, it's just a regular day.
00:19It's part of the course. It happens every year.
00:24But people make a big deal of it. But it's not. It's normal.
00:28But with a heatwave warning in place, we've asked these hardened heat lovers to share their tips on how to deal with the plus 40 days.
00:37While paying a visit to a local waterhole is high on the list, most Marble Bar locals start early to avoid the hottest part of the day.
00:45Others have more unusual methods.
00:48They had this dunny, and of course we do a lot of work for the exploration companies.
00:53And when we saw it, we cracked up laughing.
00:56There's this dunny, you know, hundreds of kilometers, or I'll say a thousand kilometers away from any infrastructure.
01:04And they had this dunny there, but on top they had a shower.
01:08Marble Bar's maximum temperatures have exceeded 40 degrees every day this week.
01:12But locals are well practiced at escaping the heat.
01:16I've been told about a man who filled an inflatable pool with 30 bags of ice so he could enjoy a cold beer.
01:22Apparently, swimwear was optional.
01:25He was on his own with that one.
01:27But there's one thing most of the people here agree on.
01:30Drink more.
01:31Drink more.
01:32You
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