peter: Inland temperatures during late October reach 46 degrees in the shade at midday most days, with a bit of humidity thrown in!

That's 115 degrees for the metrically challenged!

No worries lounging around in the shade slurping on a beer or Bombay Saphire in those temperatures, but carting 5kg of water, a kg or two of cartridges (!), another 5kg of cameras, knives, etc, and a 5kg rifle on a 15 to 20 km walk in the midday sun is bloody good exercise, to say the least!