Hottest day in Sydney since 1939

It was 44 degrees C (that's 111 degrees F) in Sydney today - that is a very hot day. Wish we had air conditioning! It is still 44° C now at 6.50 pm, no relief in sight until a southerly change sometime tonight. Really looking forward to going to Canada next month now - at least it wont be too hot there.

All the spiders are coming out and hanging down to try & cool down (some are dying from the heat). I did not realise we had so many spiders inside our house!

Large bushfires are threatening homes on the Central Coast north of Sydney, with the main freeway and rail lines between Sydney and Newcastle closed.