I read an article on the Australian Open official site where a british newspaper (rupert murdoch owned) says Australia is too hot to host international sporting events. I don’t agree with them, they often have to stop play at Wimbledon because of rain, I could say Great Britain is no good either because it is too wet & miserable over there, there are good & bad reasons for just about anywhere, but must they directly insult us on just about everything, it shouldn’t be a case of we are better than them, does anyone agree?
i live here and sure its hot its been over 40 degrees 4 days straight but it always changes one day it could be freezing, dusty, hot as hell but its not bad maybe because those brits are use to -10 weather
September 17th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
That’s stupid. Sure, it can get hot there, to say it’s too hot is stupid.
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September 17th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I do agree to an extent; during some parts of the year, it can be excessively hot in parts of Australia, to unsafe levels. 140 degrees on the court is ridiculous. Now I know that’s the ground temperature, and the actual air temperature is not as high, but regardless, that is dangerous heat they’ve been playing in. Lives are not risked when it rains at Wimbledon. Lives ARE risked in that kind of heat. Perhaps a slightly altered time of year would be more practical? I don’t know.
Now, going and saying Australia’s too hot to host international sporting events is ridiculous. The Sydney Olympics seemed to work quite well; that was in September.
As for insults, don’t take that personally, we here in the U.S. get that all the time from just about everyone.
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September 17th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
i live here and sure its hot its been over 40 degrees 4 days straight but it always changes one day it could be freezing, dusty, hot as hell but its not bad maybe because those brits are use to -10 weather
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