16/01/2026
DIARY OF A KIWI IN Karratha WESTERN AUSTRALIA -
November 15th, 2025
Just got transferred with work from Invercargill, NZ to our new home in Karratha , Western Australia. Now this is a town that knows how to live! Beautiful, sunny days and warm, balmy evenings. I watched the sunset from a deckchair by our pool yesterday. It was beautiful. I've finally found my new home. I love it here.
November 25th
Really heating up now. It got to 31 today. No problem though.
Living in air-conditioned home, driving air-conditioned car.
What a pleasure to see the sun every day like this. I'm turning into a sun-worshipper - no blasted rain like back in Invercargill !!
December 5th
Had the back yard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms and rocks. No more mowing lawns for me! Another scorcher today, but I love it here. It's Paradise !
December 10th
The temperature hasn't been below 35 all week. How do people get used to this kind of heat? At least today it's windy though. Keeps the flies off a bit. Acclimatizing is taking longer than we expected
December 15th
Fell asleep by the pool yesterday. Got third degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed three days off work. What a dumb thing to do. Got to respect the old sun in a climate like this!
December 20th
Didn't notice Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car before I left for work this morning. By the time I got back to the car after work, Kitty had died and swollen up to the size of a shopping bag and stuck to the upholstery. The car now smells like Whiskettes and cat s**t. I've learned my lesson though: no more pets in this heat.
December 24th
- This wind is a bastard. It feels like a giant f…king blow dryer.
And it's hot as hell! The home air conditioner is on the blink and the repair man charged $200 just to drive over and tell me he needs to order parts from f…king Perth. The wife & the kids are complaining.
December 30
- The temperature's up around 40 and the parts still haven't arrived for the f…king air conditioner. House is an oven so we've all been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now.
Bloody $600,000 house and we can't even go inside.
Why the hell did I ever come here?
Jan 1st, 2026
Finally got the f…king air-conditioner fixed. It cost $1,500 and gets the temperature down to around 25 degrees, but the humidity makes it feel about 35. Stupid repairman. F…king thief.
January 5th
- If one more smart bastard says 'Hot enough for you today?'
I'm going to f…king throttle him. F…king heat! By the time I get to work, the car radiator is boiling over, my f…king clothes are soaking f…king wet and I smell like baked cat. F…king place is the end of the Earth.
January 9th
- Tried to run some errands after work, wore shorts, and sat on the black leather upholstery in my car. I thought my f…king arse was on fire. I lost 2 layers of flesh, all the hair on the backs of my legs and off my f…king arse. Now the car smells like burnt hair, fried arse and baked cat. F. F. F.
January 11th
-- The Weather report might as well be a f…king recording..
Hot and sunny. Hot and sunny, Hot and f…king sunny. It never f…king changes! It's been too hot to do anything for 2 f…king months and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. F!
January 12th
- Doesn't it ever rain in this damn f…king place? Water restrictions will be next, so my $5,000 worth of palms might just dry up and blow into the f…king pool. The only things that thrive in this f…king hell-hole are the f…king flies. You don't dare open your mouth for fear of swallowing half a dozen of the little bastards!
January 14th
- Welcome to HELL! It got to 45 f..kin' degrees today. Now the air conditioner gone in my car. The repair man came to fix it and said, 'Hot enough for you today?' I wanted to shove the f…king car up his f…king arse. Anyway, had to spend the $2,500 mortgage payment to bail me out of jail for assaulting the stupid prick. F…king Karratha! What kind of sick, demented f…king idiot would want to live here!
January 16th
- WHAT!!!! This is the FIRST month of Summer!!!! Are you f…king kidding me?!!
