samsingh Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 Fantastic weather in Melbourne right now, just love the breeze and the surroundings here..!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samsingh Posted July 17, 2018 Share Posted July 17, 2018 On 26/10/2017 at 10:56, Toots said: Just heard on the radio that there is a storm forecast for north east NSW and south east Qld. Very windy and hailstones ...................... and probably heavy rain. “ Every storm runs out of the rain, just like every dark night turns into day. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted July 19, 2018 Author Share Posted July 19, 2018 We've been having fairly stormy weather. Par for the course during the winter here. Very high tides too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Wall to wall sunshine and 24 C in downtown Ball Bay. Cheers, Bobj. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toots Posted July 20, 2018 Author Share Posted July 20, 2018 To show the difference in Aussie winter temps today: Darwin is 33C, Sydney is 19C and here in Devonport it's 11C. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 -9.2C in Goulburn this morning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 13C max and 7C min. We have only had a min. of zero a couple of times this winter and into double digits during the day every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alltogethernow Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Windy here in Mornington. ATN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted July 30, 2018 Author Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Pity we couldn't send some of our rain to the Parkes area of central NSW. Dire times for the farmers and their poor stock. Drought stricken. Makes me wonder if farming is really worth it out there. From what I saw on the TV it's as flat as a pancake, no trees - just red dirt. Edited July 30, 2018 by Toots 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 4 hours ago, Toots said: Pity we couldn't send some of our rain to the Parkes area of central NSW. Dire times for the farmers and their poor stock. Drought stricken. Makes me wonder if farming is really worth it out there. From what I saw on the TV it's as flat as a pancake, no trees - just red dirt. 99% of NSW in drought. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 At 4 am, it was 21.3C...At 4pm, it is 21. 4C and full cloud. Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlight7 Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Many years ago we were travelling round North Victoria and it was so sad to see dead cows, skeletons of sheep and animals having to feed off the nature strips at the side of roads ( the long paddocks) because of the drought. It seems NSWales has got this situation again. It is a dry old country we have and that is why we are all crammed round the edges- life is just not sustainable in many of these inland areas. It really makes me laugh when people in the UK talk about droughts after just a month of no rain. Some of the towns we have been in haven't seen any rain at all for years and years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted August 7, 2018 Share Posted August 7, 2018 Middle of the worst drought for 100 years yet I’m looking at snow falling on the hills from a hospital window. Gotta love the weirdness of God’s Country! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted August 8, 2018 Author Share Posted August 8, 2018 4 hours ago, Bulya said: Middle of the worst drought for 100 years yet I’m looking at snow falling on the hills from a hospital window. Gotta love the weirdness of God’s Country! We are having one of those annoying weather days here. 15 minutes of sunshine then 15 minutes of rain. It's been like that all morning so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 5 weeks without rain in the Mackay region. The cane cockies are a lot of cheerfull chappies , as it is the middle of the cane crush Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 Perth is having the wettest winter for a long time. Been pretty cold too. Gave me chance at the weekend to go to an indoor rock climbing place with the youngster. Really good, spent about 2.5 hours there, we both really ached that night. Good value, $30 for 3 visits with climbing shoes. Boulder hub in Wangarra it's good fun. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobj Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 26 minutes ago, Paul1Perth said: Perth is having the wettest winter for a long time. Been pretty cold too. Gave me chance at the weekend to go to an indoor rock climbing place with the youngster. Really good, spent about 2.5 hours there, we both really ached that night. Good value, $30 for 3 visits with climbing shoes. Boulder hub in Wangarra it's good fun. Perth was supposedly experiencing a 26 year drought up until 10 years ago, plus being on a sand belt where the rain just drained away... Cheers, Bobj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 17 hours ago, Bobj said: Perth was supposedly experiencing a 26 year drought up until 10 years ago, plus being on a sand belt where the rain just drained away... Cheers, Bobj. Maybe Bob. Never really noticed a bad drought but the government built a desalination plant a few years ago. Was only about 10 years ago they started restricting the number of days you can have retic on. Before that you could water every day. While ever they let people have retic there can't be much of a water shortage. Certainly the wettest winter I can remember, bit more to come this week too. Weekends looking good though. I've not let it stop me playing golf but I've got a bit wet the last couple of weeks. I'm sure the farmers and wine growers are loving it. Amazing number of people have come to Perth since we arrived Bob and there is a finite amount of water that can be captured and used. There aren't many places where more dams could be built. It makes me laugh when they have news broadcasts about how we should save water and report on dam capacity with reference to years past. Never a mention of the extra number of people that are using water. Almost like they are afraid to admit that there is a finite number of people that Perth infrastructure can support before everyone starts to have a worse lifestyle. Only take a couple of years of a really bad drought and we would definitely feel it I reckon. Good call though building the desal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gbye grey sky Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 About 6 weeks with no rain and almost unbroken sunshine here in SE Queensland but it is still pretty green hereabouts. We had a wet Feb-Apr and then another wet spell in early June. The water table was so high then that every small shower soaked the ground - which is uncharacteristic. Morning dew helps too. The bushland is now dry though so the threat of bushfire will be increasing over the next few weeks. Rain in August here is quite rare. The past few weeks have been warm too with temperatures climbing to the mid 20s most days, a few degrees up on normal for this time of year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cerberus1 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Local dam is looking a bit sad after weeks / months? of negligible rain, dam level currently at 5%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 1 hour ago, Cerberus1 said: Local dam is looking a bit sad after weeks / months? of negligible rain, dam level currently at 5%. Like all of NSW/ACT. Not good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quoll Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 15 hours ago, Bulya said: Like all of NSW/ACT. Not good Anyone know what a Lake George is like at the moment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Betsey Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Quoll said: Anyone know what a Lake George is like at the moment? it was very dry when I went to a wedding at the winery there at the end of April. It was the same in June and is much the same now I believe - see redacted photo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 3 hours ago, Quoll said: Anyone know what a Lake George is like at the moment? Probably creek only 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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