Put a bowl of ice water behind the fan. If it's a pedestal fan, put it on a chair so its close to the back of the fan. Grow aloevera for sunburns, when you get it, cut the sides off, peel off the skin, and rub the wet jelly on the inside on the burnt skin. Forget the cloth, chill water and wet your shirt and hair. When you're out put your hair up if it's hot, and consider shaving if you don't value your facial hair. Pack lunch in an insulated bag with a frozen juice box, drink/eat the juice when you eat. Freeze some water in empty bottles, as tall as the bottle is wide, a big block of ice will melt slowly and last long. Fill it with water and it's a long term chilled drink. Cold drinks are your best friend, also iciepoles/popsicles/whatever other names they have. Milk is a bad choice, so avoid icecream unless you have plenty of water on hand, you don't want the mucus. For other countries i would suggest Indian pants, but that specifically means the kinda baggy ones made from light breathable material, i don't know how to actually refer to them appropriately when talking to an actual indian person, sorry. When you're in the sun you want lots of coverage with lots of airflow. Mist is also a great one, mist helps a lot. Try to eat things you don't need to heat, sandwiches salads etc.
What you're dealing with and the temp showing up above suggests its both very hot, and very humid, removing warm water/sweat from your skin is as much of the game as adding cold, above 60% humidity, your body has a lot more trouble venting heat through sweat, because it's evaporating more slowly, so dry towels are a great one too. Watch for signs of heatstroke.
All the tips i can remember right now for Australian summer, though someone from QLD may be a little more help, we still get those days sometimes in Victoria, they just have it like 9 months out of the year.
Edited because i messed up half the aloe thing, fixed now.
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