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Yesterday I bought a dual thermometer and a bunch of P2 dust masks from Bunnings.
The dual thermometer can measure both inside and outside temperatures. It's electronic and has a lead with a sensor that you can poke through a window so you don't have to go outside. I looked in over 7 shops for the old mercury style thermometers but it seems that no one sells them. However, the Bunnings attendant told me about a shop in Wallsend that "might" have them. I'll check it out Thursday.
The P2 Dust Masks are in case I need to fight a bushfire in the near future. This might seem like an over reaction to the disaster in Victoria, however in 2000 there was a large bushfire here. It burnt out everything from Holmesville to Barnsley and came to with 5 meters of my back fence. The conditions before that happened were: a long dry spell, some rain followed by growth, then another dry spell so that when the fire (was?) started there was plenty of fuel.
I find similar conditions about now. We may or may not get a bushfire here this year, but if we do I don't want to collapse from asthma combined with inhaling smoke et cetera. The pack of three's going in the first aid box.