00:00A kind of heat never seen before in Victoria.
00:06I haven't been around for a heat like this, so it's definitely getting to me.
00:10In the small Mallee town of Ooyan, keeping cool was the order of the day.
00:15But this was extreme, the temperature soaring through the day until it reached 48.9 degrees Celsius,
00:22a new statewide record.
00:24And as locals discovered, hot enough to fry almost anything.
00:29My hand's burning.
00:31At John Murray's farm in Wolpiup, the ground temperature climbed even higher.
00:36An oven, like I wouldn't even be putting me hand on a piece of iron or anything like that.
00:41Like that's how extremely hot it is, like you wouldn't be able to handle anything.
00:46The temperature in Albury-Wodonga climbed above 40 for the third day in a row,
00:51as locals took respite along the mighty Murray.
00:54Because the road gets hot.
00:56Don't walk her, she sits up on here, on my lap on the way home.
01:00The animals at Victoria's zoos were being looked after too, keeping cool with their own iced treats.
01:06They want to get to the food inside the ice block, so they'll smash the ice up.
01:09Others will take their time, they're a little bit more patient, and they'll slowly lick through the ice to get to the food.
01:14Those looking to beat the heat in Melbourne were either up before dawn getting their exercise in, or choosing an appropriate indoor activity.
01:22Guess it's 10, 10 degrees.
01:25Well it's really cold in here actually.
01:27But plenty were happy to push ahead with more traditional hot day activities.
01:31We are here for the Australian Open, but 45 it could be a little bit too much.
01:37At the Australian Open, fans of all kinds were working hard.
01:41We're going to stay as long as we can handle the heat.
01:45I know it's going to get pretty hot later on and that might be my limit.
01:49This is just one day in an extended heatwave here in Oyen.
01:53This is the fourth day in a row the temperature has soared well above 40 degrees.
01:57And maximums are set to stay there until Sunday.
02:01We're here now so we'll just enjoy a cold drink and call it quits for the day.
02:06A hard earned thirst.
02:08Okay.
02:10So many more things like it.
02:12And you're a portion of the heatwave.
02:14You're $5 million, so you'll need to enjoy a big thing from all the time.
02:17It's really easy.
02:18It's really nice.
02:19It's really weird.
02:20Like theART program, you're not so good at getting a cold drink,
02:22but you're supposed to do this.
02:24If you're getting hot in your boat and have hot, you're going to go above them,
02:26you could wait a little bit.
02:28Yeah, I'm going to get that fast.
02:30You may walk by then,
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