Two catastrophic heat waves struck Australia in 2009:
- Early 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave on 25 January – 9 February 2009
- Late 2009 southeastern Australia heat wave on Late October – mid November 2009
Famous quotes containing the words australian, heat and/or wave:
“The Australian mind, I can state with authority, is easily boggled.”
—Charles Osborne (b. 1927)
“I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins,
That almost freezes up the heat of life.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“We are caught up Mr. Perry on a great wave whether we will or no, a great wave of expansion and progress. All these mechanical inventions—telephones, electricity, steel bridges, horseless vehicles—they are all leading somewhere. It’s up to us to be on the inside in the forefront of progress.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)