‘Definitely no fireworks’: how Australia’s ‘hottest town’ is marking New Year’s Eve as temperatures hover around 50C

‘It’s hot. It’s just hot’, says Wendy McWhirter Brooks a resident of the remote Western Australian town of Marble Bar

There will be no fireworks in Marble Bar as residents of the “hottest town in Australia” sweat through a scorching New Year’s Eve.

The mercury in the remote Western Australian towns of Marble Bar and Roebourne were expected to reach 48C on Sunday, with top temperatures expected to stay above 40C for the next six days.