Exceptional heat lifts ocean temperatures off Australia

By Peter Hannam
Updated December 31 2017 - 9:43am, first published November 26 2017 - 1:14am
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pic leigh henningham age news 13/1/2016 hot weather pictures taken at Brighton beach. #weather #heat #bay #beach #sun #sunset

Australia is home to a global hot spot for sea-surface temperatures, with a record burst of prolonged heat in the country's south-east helping to make conditions several degrees warmer than average.

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