While the town of Wudinna is set to bake tomorrow with a forecast temperature of 49 degrees Celsius, there are no plans for the town's only bakery to stop work.
As heat records tumble throughout Australia, a country town in South Australia is preparing to hit a record 49 degrees Celsius.Outback towns are enduring the most intense heat, with temperatures over 45CBut it is going to be business as usual for Wudinna's only bakery.
Liz Habermann, who manages the Wudinna Bakery on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, said temperatures over 46C were already having an impact."A good way of explaining is that you walk outside and it feels like your eyeballs are burning.Despite the heat, Ms Habermann said there was no plan to stop baking.
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