What a scorcher!
Temperatures right now at -
Sydney Observatory : 44.0C (reached 45C at 13:34)
Sydney Airport : 44.1 C
Camden in Sydney's west reached 46.1C at 13:57
Here at Mt Kuring-Gai 42.6C on my thermometer.
http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/observations/sydney.shtml