00:02Clarence Clackjohn is a prominent figure in Renmark. After all, he's lived his whole
00:08life in the town in South Australia's Riverland.
00:11My dad came here in 1911.
00:16And at 98 years old, he still manages to remember the summers of days gone by.
00:21There was no cooling. We didn't have a fan, we didn't have any air conditioning, we didn't
00:27have ice. When I was young, you could jump in the river, or jump in the creek, or get
00:33cool or something or other. We managed to live through it quite easily.
00:38These days, he escapes the heat with a fan and an air conditioner inside.
00:42It was 5 o'clock in the morning when I turned it off. And then I put the fan on,
00:47so it's
00:48all very comfortable.
00:49Renmark experienced its hottest day ever recorded in January at a sweltering 49.6 degrees.
00:55And I often think, I wish I could come back in 100 years and see what it's like.
01:00Clackjohn says he recalls weather as hot as this summer.
01:03When it got to 49.6, I went outside once for the day. And I thought, this is unbearable.
01:10But then I sort of thought about it actually, and I thought, well, yeah, I can remember it
01:15being like this before.
01:16Research shows it wasn't an anomaly, but part of a trend. That could see the riverland
01:21can be more seriously affected by extreme heat and drought than other parts of Australia.
01:27But that won't stop Clack from leaving his home.
01:30I'll be here forever.
01:31Yeah.
01:31Yeah.
01:32.
01:32.
01:35.
01:39Yeah.
01:40.
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