"Presssure..."

You have to imagine that line delivered with a serpentine blend of malevolence and benevolence, for thus spake the enigmatic, eccentric and lamentably departed Australian character actor Frank Thring in the opening to John Farnham's 1980's hit song "Pressure Down". (In clothing, hair styles and computer graphics it really wasn't a bad representation of living in Australia in the late '80's. Except for Frank's clothing because Frank... always moved to the beat of his own drummer, as it were. And the drummer that he marched to played in the key of black, funereal and just a tad sinister.)

Of course the video has little to do with this shot aside from the use of a lot of pressure gauge graphics in the video clip.

And this being a fire hydrant you probably don't want the pressure down.

The harsh, blistering Australian summer light and heat of course (for now we are officially in summer...) yes, that could be taken down a notch or 10 with no complaints from me. Don't believe me? Check the sharpness and intensity of the shadow. Check the fading and the cracking of the paint.

The spiders who created the cobwebs here (presumably in the cooler months) have doubtless had their little arachnid feet sizzled off by now.