Courier Mail | Brisbane weather: Cooler conditions for southeast, heatwave continues inland Courier Mail LARGE swaths of Queensland have sweltered through heatwave conditions, as Birdsville came within half a degree of its hottest October day ever. The Bureau of Meterology is forecasting heatwave conditions to continue across the state this weekend, after ... Brisbane avoids October scorcher as mercury soars in Queensland's west Queensland swelters as heat wave hits state Queensland set for blistering 45C weekend |