Townsville Man Reluctantly Puts On One Of Them Shirts With Buttons As Temperature Dips To 22°

CLANCY OVERELL | Editor | CONTACT

An unprecedented cold front has resulted in a complete overhaul of day-to-day wardrobes in the Northern capital today.

Cloud cover following heavy showers last week has Townsville cop 22° at midday, as winter rears its ugly head up North.

Bureau of Meteorology forecasters say that it truly is not warm, in fact, it’s so not warm that he doesn’t even need to bother saying it.

“Jeez she’s not warm” says one forecaster.

“No point telling you that, aye” he says.

Last week’s system produced heavy showers that turned into crisp winter mornings, speeding up the brief three-week window where Townsville has to endure below 30 degree weather.

The Betoota Advocate spoke to one local resident, a retired AJ turned marina supervisor, Rock Castle (24), he says it’s so chilly that he’s had to put on one of them shirts with the buttons, just quietly, and that’s not something he rushes to do, mind you.

“Jeez she’s not warm” he says.

“I’ve gone long sleeves”

“Any bloody colder and I’ll need to put on singlet too”