To the hardy folk in Oodnadatta, a day or two of temperatures above 40C is nothing. They've been baking in the South Australian Outback since early November.
Daily maximums have hovered around the mid 30s to the low 40s since then, and over the past seven days have topped 45C.
A positively balmy top of just 40C occurred yesterday before the town heats up again with 47C maximums expected this Saturday and Sunday. Now that's a heatwave.
In fact, Lynnie Plate, who runs The Pink Roadhouse and has lived in the town since the 1970s, says the current hot spell has been setting records for the town that also boasts Australia's highest recorded daytime temperature, 50.7C back on January 2, 1960.
"We're just taking it a day at a time," she says. "Everyone in Oodnadatta owns an airconditioner and they just run 24-7. We stay indoors, get up early, get up before the real heat of the day. If you want to go out, you do it after dark."