--- title: Australia Summer Heatwave: Man Fries Eggs on Sidewalk in Perth Heat description: Yum. canonical: https://time.com/3656522/australia-eggs-frying-sidewalk/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-06T21:47:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:15:45.291Z og:title: Meanwhile, In Australia, It’s So Hot People Are Frying Eggs On Sidewalks og:description: Yum. og:url: https://time.com/3656522/australia-eggs-frying-sidewalk/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta26f0bcd65f29f3b/6987786fe20a871024a845a7/screen-shot-2015-01-06-at-3-56-29-pm.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-01-06 at 3.56.29 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Meanwhile, In Australia, It’s So Hot People Are Frying Eggs On Sidewalks twitter:description: Yum. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta26f0bcd65f29f3b/6987786fe20a871024a845a7/screen-shot-2015-01-06-at-3-56-29-pm.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Meanwhile, In Australia, It's So Hot People Are Frying Eggs On Sidewalks by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 6, 2015 9:47 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Jan 6, 2015 9:47 PM UTC In the U.S. right now, it’s snowy and cold and [generally hellish](http://time.com/3655466/winter-storm-snow-commute-ice-travel/). In Australia, however, it’s summertime — and it’s so hot that some people decided to try that old trick of frying eggs on the pavement. Temperatures [soared](http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jan/05/perth-melts-in-scorching-444c-heat-its-hottest-day-in-18-years) to around 44ºC Monday, which is about 111ºF. So, in other words, it’s rather hellish down under right now too — just a hotter, sweatier type of hellish. So, some intrepid YouTubers decided to bust out an iron skillet, throw some eggs in it, and watch them fry. And then eat them on bread. So no, technically, nobody fried eggs to completion directly on the sidewalk, but still. ([h/t Daily Dot](http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/australian-man-fries-egg-sidewalk/)) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3656522/australia-eggs-frying-sidewalk/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3656522/australia-eggs-frying-sidewalk/"},"headline":"Meanwhile, In Australia, It's So Hot People Are Frying Eggs On Sidewalks","datePublished":"2015-01-06T21:47:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:15:45.291Z","description":"Yum.","url":"https://time.com/3656522/australia-eggs-frying-sidewalk/","keywords":["Newsfeed","World"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta26f0bcd65f29f3b/6987786fe20a871024a845a7/screen-shot-2015-01-06-at-3-56-29-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta26f0bcd65f29f3b/6987786fe20a871024a845a7/screen-shot-2015-01-06-at-3-56-29-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-01-06 at 3.56.29 PM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3656522/australia-eggs-frying-sidewalk/","name":"Meanwhile, In Australia, It's So Hot People Are Frying Eggs On Sidewalks"}}]}] ```