Thanks for starting this Gordon.
Definitely beginning to warm up again, sadly no significant rainfall in the outlook. Friday looks to be warm to hot over southern parts and hot north of the ranges, while Saturday is a bit questionable at this stage given the timing of the milder change, the slower it is the hotter it will be.
Latest GFS tends to keep temperatures in the mid to high 20's for southern parts on Saturday (except Gippsland region where 30's look likely), but EC wants to crank it up and deliver mid to even potentially high 30's across a large portion of southern and eastern Victoria (except the southwest) ahead of the change and into the low 40's over the north (higher again in the northwest of the state). Will definitely have to keep an eye on guidance with relation to timing of the change. Fortunately, doesn't appear to be too much wind involved at this stage.
We should then enjoy the milder weather on Sunday while we can, as hot temperatures look like creeping back across the state from Monday or Tuesday, as Wilko says above.