I hope everyone is doing fine after the storms in New South Wales. I heard about the ship that ran aground on the beach at Newcastle but didn't realize the extent of the flooding until I saw the pictures at the Sydney Morning Herald. And there is a good power outage in Sydney, 200,000 without power. I know that is no fun after what we experienced here in the Pacific Northwest last December.
They are calling it the worst storm for 40 years - my parents on the central coast have had no power for two days. Luckily I have missed the worst of it were I live. Now after many years of drought farms are flooded http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=272113
Posts: 88 | Location: nsw australia | Registered: 23 August 2006
Western Australian weather seems like spring. Daytime temperatures of around 20c deg. Still in drought with some farmers putting off their seeding hoping for rain.
The weather/news reports for New South Wales are disastrous with loss of lives amid the flooding.
Elly
Posts: 1078 | Location: Western Australia | Registered: 27 March 2005
Looks like drought is offically over for NSW and Victoria . As I said in another post - weird weather all over the world ,read somewhere that 26 people were killed in China by lightening strikes, floods in Europe and now more floods In Australia.
Posts: 88 | Location: nsw australia | Registered: 23 August 2006
We have little areas cut off by floods here around Canberra and a woman was rescued after being stuck in her house at Michelego south of Canberra by the heavy snow falls. They got her out by skidoo! More snow is due on Thursday.
It all got washed away on the Brindabellas after I took the last photo, but it should be back later this week.
And we are wondering how our Victorian members are faring? Fletch and others, thinking of you.
We are not in the flood area thank goodness. We have had nice rain - not too heavy the last few days, but good soaking rain that the garden has appreciated. Cold though - 10c this afternoon with the sun out.
Posts: 207 | Location: Queenscliff Victoria Australia | Registered: 10 January 2005
It has been so windy for the past month. Two to three metre waves with the wind driving spray from the crests are breaking here at Brunswick heads. Few boats are braving the seas, but some surfers are getting some good waves. The seabirds are having a good time plumetting into the water to catch fish.
John "There are two types of problems: those that solve themselves, and those which you can do nothing about" Isabel Allende's grandmother
Posts: 1608 | Location: Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia | Registered: 26 March 2003
Goodness John, surfers in wetsuits - aren't they still cold? Brrrr!
It's cold and foggy here this morning. With the good snowfalls up at Kosciuszko National Park, I thought I'd be able to see snow on the Brindabellas out my window.
No - just fog and the neighbour across the road de-icing the windscreen of his car. I can hear him scraping the the ice off through my closed window. And the frost is still on the ground at 10am this morning. Everything is a sad sort of grey colour.
Can you wonder that I'm thinking of a trip to Italy after staying inside in the house for weeks now?
Though I must say it helps when I read Kaydee's and Barb's websites about the lavender and sunflowers. They help brighten up my day.
In the middle of the day the air temperature here is around 20 and people go swimming. The surfies start at dawn when the temperature is still about 8c. It is warmer in the sea for them as the sea temperature is still about 20c now. As they use wetsuits in icy water I am sure that our water does not worry them.
The other week when my son was visiting from Ireland he was in shorts and t-shirt and reckoned it was like an Irish summer.
It doesn't take cold weather for me to want to plan a trip to Italy.
John "There are two types of problems: those that solve themselves, and those which you can do nothing about" Isabel Allende's grandmother
Posts: 1608 | Location: Mullumbimby, NSW, Australia | Registered: 26 March 2003
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