We don't know anyone in Australia who owns a dryer. Granted, we don't know that many people, but I don't think I'm too far off in saying that dryers are rare here. And really, they should be. When you live in the Sunshine State, you shouldn't need one!
I really love hanging laundry outside to dry. There is something so wonderfully simple as putting your clothes on the line to dry in the sunshine and breeze. Yes, it's a bit of a pain when it's been raining for a week and you have to hang your clothes inside in order to get dry, but on those gorgeous sunny days, when there's a lovely breeze in the air, I love to wash clothes. I know, it sounds crazy, but it's almost like a novelty for us.
Even though you would never dream of hanging clothes outside to dry in an Edmonton winter, I don't think enough people do it in the summer. We are so spoiled by our dryers that we forget the best, most energy efficient, way of drying our clothes is that bright yellow thing in the sky. I know, your clothes don't end up as soft as they would if you tumbled them in a dryer for 40 minutes, but you get over it pretty fast. I think we'll definitely be making more of an effort to take advantage of the Earth's dryer when we get back home!
I know this post is a bit random, but I think that this is a part of Australian life I will always remember. Thirty years from now, when I'm throwing wet clothes into a dryer in the middle of winter, I'll remember the days when we would hang our wet clothes on the line in the bright Aussie sun to dry.
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