The nights got down to 56 degrees, cold enough for coats. The rain would have come down hard but warm. It's like walking in a shower. With the thinning of Australia's ozone, bikinis and nakedness should not be on the agenda, but of course they are. I would have taken an Aussie hat and 40 sunblock as my luxury items.
Heat stroke is a real possibility.
My uncle used to run a sheep farm in Australia and we have recently returned from a visit to the area of Survivor 2. Not only did the survivors need to protect themselves from the heat, they needed to protect themselves from the animals. The world's top seven most poisonous snakes live in the area. Care must be taken gathering wood, redback spiders lurk in any windfall. My cousin ended up rushed to hospital with a badly swollen hand that was rapidly leading to shock and death.