Not sure if this is allowable @Giovanna_BCNA so please delete if not. Is darned cold in the Adelaide Hills atm.Last year I bought 200 gm Australian merino wool thermals online from Base Layers in Hawthorn Melbourne and love them.They don’t feel like I’m wearing a suit of armour and they wash well.In fact they look like a LS T shirt which is why I am buying 3 more now they are 40% off -around $30 - they come in black , navy , cream and pale pink.The discount code is layer40 . I am quite warm with a thermal and light polar fleece outside in the daytime. PS I am not associated with the business in anyway . Just thought might help someone else feeling the cold like I did.

Any sort of alpaca socks and beanies for me @Romla Just for bed, they are so prohibitively expensive I won't get them grubby. Also men's Bonds or Aldi singlets that are long enough to cover my butt. Just like Grama used to wear. An Edinburgh Scot, she knew what worked to keep your bits warm :)

OMG this makes me laugh. My hubby & youngest have gone off camping up the Putty Road (Colo NSW) to watch middle boy in a 4wd comp. I have just been across the road to a girlfriend for a couple of beverages , now am sitting here in 21* comfort in some comfy pj's. When we camp away in cooler times I am laughed at by fellow campers about my very warm comfy bed........high stretcher with a reflective car sunscreen under a super comfy (read v. expensive ) self inflating mattress, woollen blanket under sheets,woollen blanket, woollen Şdoona, then cotton blanket to top it all off !! If its too cold to sit around a camp fire for too long I can deploy 2 hot water bottles. I'm sure Zoffiel will attest to the fact that when its really cold a water bottle actually hold its warmth for a very long time.....oh & I wear thermals to sleep in !! I'm fine in the day time .....quite often get about in a T-shirt.but cannot do cold sleeping !!!Cold in the nations capital.Carmel

If any of you have Aldi near you they often have merino or cotton blend thermals for men/women and children I love them as here in Bathurst we need them in winter non restrictive in movement and not overbearing in weight etc.

Hot . Water. Bottle. Also a Grama remedy. I sleep on my own most of the time so I can kick it hither and nether as it suits me. One is good, two is better (one at my feet, one at my hip)

I so wish we had uniglo here. Bought a uniqlo ultra down houndstooth coat online but did not understand sizing however gave it to a lady from breast cancer group here who got me walking and she loves it.

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Zoffiel
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7 years ago
Hot . Water. Bottle. Also a Grama remedy. I sleep on my own most of the time so I can kick it hither and nether as it suits me. One is good, two is better (one at my feet, one at my hip)
Romla
Member
7 years ago
Oh @Zoffiel - my husband says I am like sleeping with a cadaver. I feel the cold badly wish your suggestions were enough - I wear socks to bed and some nights my uggs , we sleep under flannelette sheets with 750g wool quilt and the piece de resistance a coral fleece blanket. Cotton singlets just don’t do it up in the Hills has to be wool.PS Coral fleece is a new discovery and it really makes a difference - even bought the blokes coral fleece pjs at Kmart.But during the day my wool thermal is sublime -warm as toast but not drowning in layers or weight.

Think your are a fitter lady than me and don’t feel the cold as much.
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Zoffiel
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7 years ago
Any sort of alpaca socks and beanies for me @Romla Just for bed, they are so prohibitively expensive I won't get them grubby. Also men's Bonds or Aldi singlets that are long enough to cover my butt. Just like Grama used to wear. An Edinburgh Scot, she knew what worked to keep your bits warm :)

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