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Scorcher On The Roof As Nsw Burns Down Below

16 January 2001

It must have been one of the hottest jobs in the hottest part of Sydney. As temperatures reached almost 47 degrees in Sydney's west, tiler Jaiman Sinwan, 24, and his apprentice Corey Blacklock, 19, were the only roof tilers to brave the heat at the Tallowood Hills housing estate at Kellyville. While in the Sydney CBD a cooling sea breeze lowered temperatures, they peaked at Penrith, at the foot of the Blue Mountains, at 45 degrees by 3pm. At Richmond the temperature rose to 43, making it the hottest day in.. read full story