It’s a topic that might have come up in the past few days… In NSW, temps have eased after a heatwave sent pretty much everyone to their local beach/pool/river/dam on Saturday. The highest temperature recorded was 43.6C in Penrith until a cool change swept through in the evening. More than 80 bushfires were burning across NSW yesterday, while in Western Australia’s midwest, firies have been battling a blaze in the Chapman Valley region – with an emergency-level warning issued yesterday for those in Howatharra and White Peak, and some residents told to evacuate. It was a different story altogether in South Australia, where some parts of the state were drenched with 2 months of rain in 24 hours… As for Queensland and Tropical Cyclone Jasper – it’s weakened to a category 2 storm, but it’s still likely to cause strong winds north of Gladstone before it makes landfall mid-week. It’s going to be a long few days there…