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Two African-Australian women bathers at a pool, mountains and trees and people in the background.

Two women throw their hands up doing water aerobics, mountains and trees and people in the background.

People in the pool, raise their hands sea and cloudy sky in the background.

A man stands in front of a pool, smiling, with a rainbow wig on.

A smiling Caucasian man standing in front of gym equipment wearing a black shirt, brown beard, hair.

Three females are on rowing machines during a workout class, wall has a black pain and murals of men and women exercising.

"We try and find ways to keep the intensity without having to do things that really increase core body temperature."

"It is really important that you stay hydrated, that you stay inside during those hotter parts of the day and that you check in on people that might be at higher risk."

Two smiling young women stand in activewear, smiling near the water.

"We're getting up earlier and planning what jobs can be done in the shade,"
she said.

Two puppies cool down in a shallow bucket. One is white and brown, has paws inside water, other is black, is sitting in bucket.

"You could potentially be using 5 to 10 per cent less energy per degree."

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