The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a warning for the Southern and Western interior of the state, with the heat likely to move east to the coast, later in the week.
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00:00As temperatures soar into the 40s, a dip in the creek is sweet relief.
00:08Hot, dusty, windy.
00:10The conditions prompted the Weather Bureau to issue a severe heatwave warning
00:14for much of the far west and southern interior.
00:17Parts of the south west and particularly across inland southern Queensland
00:21may be as much as 10 or even 11 degrees above average.
00:24Heat isn't unusual for the outback, but it's an early taste of what's to come
00:28just weeks out from the start of summer.
00:31What heatwave? This is normal for this time of the year.
00:35I've lived here for 25 years.
00:37Bloody hot and going to get hotter.
00:40Work on the land can't stop and the gusty winds point to an extreme fire danger.
00:45Everyone sort of expects it to get hot now this time of the year anyway
00:49so I think everyone's pretty prepared for it.
00:52Cattle is still being mustered during 45 degree heat in Birdsville.
00:56I've got a neck scarf on today and we've got these things called bush mitts.
01:00They're like gloves that are 50 plus.
01:04Because the sun is so harsh out here you don't realise
01:07and you can come home from a day of work and just be absolutely cooked.
01:12The heat is expected to peak in the west midweek before moving east towards the coast.
01:17For some areas it's likely to be the hottest November since 2020.
01:22We don't mind the heat out here at all.
01:24As long as you can stay out of the sun.