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Car Forum / Australian Car Forums / 4x4 Cars (Australian group) / January 2006Its raining on the Tablelands!
At long last! Woohooo mud on the roof time LOL I cant wait for the weekend to go out and see if there is actually water in the gullies. We have been really droughted up here and this is really the first positive sign of an actualy wet season! Anyway, had to just share that excitment kathy. > At long last! Woohooo mud on the roof time LOL > I cant wait for the weekend to go out and see if there is actually water > in the gullies. We have been really droughted up here and this is really > the first positive sign of an actualy wet season! > Anyway, had to just share that excitment > kathy. Lets all hope that its a long steady rain Kathy. God knows you could all need it as does our Brissie catchment areas. Nice rain in Townsville since Xmas too. Ross Dam is still only 7% full though, but my garden looks the best it has in years. >At long last! Woohooo mud on the roof time LOL >I cant wait for the weekend to go out and see if there is actually water in >the gullies. We have been really droughted up here and this is really the >first positive sign of an actualy wet season! >Anyway, had to just share that excitment >kathy. Might be at your end, nothing but cloud around here so far -- it's deliberately giving us a miss by the look of it! :-( <http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR193.loop.shtml> Cheers, Phred.  SignatureppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID > Might be at your end, nothing but cloud around here so far -- it's > deliberately giving us a miss by the look of it! :-( > > <http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR193.loop.shtml> > > Cheers, Phred. Follow the North going graticle from Saddle Mt. The point at which it crosses the coast is right about our place. It's not a "real" wet season yet. It's only rained intermittently for a week not a continuous downpour. My shoes and belt have not yet started to grow mould. We still have power. Like I said, not a real wet yet. I'm wondering what will happen to all the people with homes built on flood plains and on former swamps if we actually do have a good old wet like last seen in the late 70s and early 80s.... That said, it's buggered our plans for a long weekend away. SignatureCheers Tony Smith >> Might be at your end, nothing but cloud around here so far -- it's >> deliberately giving us a miss by the look of it! :-( [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > That said, it's buggered our plans for a long weekend away. Same in Townsville Tony. $400k houses built on hillsides known, in the past, for landslides, or beaches known for tide surges in a cyclone. A serious cyclone here would be more devastating than the last "big" one in 1974. People have built houses, and planted trees, etc where they just don't belong. On top of that, the majority of the population of TSV haven't seen a cyclone before, and probably wont prepare themselves. I've been through 6-7 Cat 1 cyclones since I moved here in 94. They were bad enough, but no worse than some of the storms in Victoria. . I was up in the tablelands in December, BTW. We stayed at a town called Yungaburra. Very nice. It's been several years since I've seen Milla Milla falls. Still beautiful, but only a trickle of water, compared to when I last saw it in 1994 (?) Anyway, here's hoping for a proper wet season, and the rain comes to those people and places that really need it. >> Might be at your end, nothing but cloud around here so far -- it's >> deliberately giving us a miss by the look of it! :-( [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Follow the North going graticle from Saddle Mt. The point at which it >crosses the coast is right about our place. Somewhere around Palm Cove? (Bit hard to see properly at the moment because you're still getting my rain. :-) >It's not a "real" wet season yet. It's been looking quite promising this evening -- but that's all we've had here, promises. (19 points to 0900 today and another 11 to 1900. Our best 24-hour fall this "wet" is still only 57 points. Unless things spark up in the next week it'll be close to the driest January here in 100 years.) >It's only rained intermittently for a week not a continuous downpour. >My shoes and belt have not yet started to grow mould. >We still have power. EffNQEB (or whoever they are now) has fixed all those rotten poles down there? >Like I said, not a real wet yet. > >I'm wondering what will happen to all the people with homes built on >flood plains and on former swamps if we actually do have a good old wet >like last seen in the late 70s and early 80s.... At least it might stop those "beach" dwellers complaining about other people wanting to live there too. >That said, it's buggered our plans for a long weekend away. Cheers, Phred. SignatureppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID > > Follow the North going graticle from Saddle Mt. The point at which > > it crosses the coast is right about our place. > > Somewhere around Palm Cove? (Bit hard to see properly at the moment > because you're still getting my rain. :-) Clifton Beach. I had a look just before bed last night and it seemed to me that the Tablemands was getting a decent bath. > At least it might stop those "beach" dwellers complaining about other > people wanting to live there too. Yeah well... The pace of development over the past couple of years has been staggering, as we still only have single lane access past Kerwarra I predict that there will be traffic jams within the next year. We are talking about moving, where I want to go with work means I'd like to live somewhere smaller, so it's not beyond probability that the Tablelands will get 2 more residents. I'm actively looking everywhere from Ingham North. And just to throw in a little relevancy. For the past couple of months I've been parking on the old Railway site opposite the Qld public service building in town. Yesterday I had to give 3 people a tug out of their parking spots because the rain has turned that ex-industrial site into a quagmire. You'd think that the owner of a small, low slung fWD vehicle with bicycle trainer wheels for tyres would be smart enough not to drive into mud wouldn't you...... Cheers Tony Smith >> > Follow the North going graticle from Saddle Mt. The point at which >> > it crosses the coast is right about our place. [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >I had a look just before bed last night and it seemed to me that the >Tablemands was getting a decent bath. Some bits did. Walkamin got 38 mm for the 24 hours to 0900 today, and Kuranda 21; but even A'ton only got 8 mm. <http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ60129.html> I ended up with a quarter of an inch (6.3 mm) in the front yard. Been drizzling (well, light mist) on and off since but barely enough to measure. Been a good drop or two around T'ville and places south though -- and still getting a soaking by the look of the radar. <http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR212.loop.shtml> Seem to be a few road closures down that way already according to the ABC, and a flood warning has been issued for the Haughton. <http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20740.html> Be interesting to see how that low off Lucinda develops. I've often wondered how close to the coast a cyclone could form here! <http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ20010.html> >> At least it might stop those "beach" dwellers complaining about other >> people wanting to live there too. > >Yeah well... The pace of development over the past couple of years has >been staggering, as we still only have single lane access past Kerwarra >I predict that there will be traffic jams within the next year. I've no doubt there have been problems with the pace of development, but from my perspective the whole place has been stuffed for decades. Palm Cove, for example, was a great place in 1965; last time I had a look was probably 20 years ago and I couldn't be bothered going back. >We are talking about moving, where I want to go with work means I'd >like to live somewhere smaller, so it's not beyond probability that the >Tablelands will get 2 more residents. I'm actively looking everywhere >from Ingham North. Like the town with 363 days of sunshine/year. ;-) >And just to throw in a little relevancy. For the past couple of months >I've been parking on the old Railway site opposite the Qld public [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >vehicle with bicycle trainer wheels for tyres would be smart enough not >to drive into mud wouldn't you...... Why? They drive around on toy wheels after all. ;-) Cheers, Phred. SignatureppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID >>> > Follow the North going graticle from Saddle Mt. The point at which >>> > it crosses the coast is right about our place. [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > measure. Been a good drop or two around T'ville and places south > though -- and still getting a soaking by the look of the radar. I've just been out for a drive around some tracks on the outskirts of Townsville. I reckon we'll be getting some road closures VERY soon. The BOM web site says we've only has 20 mm sice 9.00am. More like 200!! All very nice. Just after I posted the above: FLOOD WARNING FOR COASTAL RIVERS BETWEEN INGHAM AND BOWEN Issued at 2:17pm on Thursday the 26th of January 2006 by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heavy rains exceeding 150 to 200 millimetres in some areas have been recorded along the coast between Ingham and Bowen since 9am Wednesday. Further moderate to heavy falls are forecast to continue. Rapid stream rises, causing possible flash flooding in smaller streams and low lying areas, are expected to continue overnight tonight. Motorists are advised to not attempt to drive through flooded roads, especially at night. The area of heaviest rain is currently in coastal areas between Paluma and the Ayr-Home Hill area, and particularly in the Townsville area. A Flood Warning is also current for the Haughton River. The next warning will be issued at about 8pm Thursday. Are we becoming a weather reporting group? Lot of overcast going on here, but really the rain is disappointing We are off to north of Petford for hte weekend, should be interesting as I think they have had a bit. Will let you know Kathy BTW Barnsey, I did try to email you at home but it bounced! > Are we becoming a weather reporting group? 1st decent rain in 8-9 years........well.....we're all happy about it. > BTW Barnsey, I did try to email you at home but it bounced! barnzey@bogpind.net.au You can work it out, eh? (anti spam addy for the newsgroup) FLOOD WARNING FOR COASTAL RIVERS BETWEEN INGHAM AND BOWEN Issued at 7:41pm on Thursday the 26th of January 2006 by the Bureau of Meteorology, Brisbane. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heavy rains are continuing along the coast between Ingham and Bowen with falls of 150 to 170 millimetres recorded in the Townsville area and in the Haughton River catchment since 9am today. Further moderate to heavy falls are forecast to continue. Rapid stream rises, causing possible flash flooding in smaller streams and low lying areas, are expected to continue overnight and Friday morning. Motorists are advised not to attempt to drive through flooded roads, especially at night. A Flood Warning is also current for the Haughton River where major flooding is expected at Giru. >FLOOD WARNING FOR COASTAL RIVERS BETWEEN INGHAM AND BOWEN >Issued at 7:41pm on Thursday the 26th of January 2006 [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] >A Flood Warning is also current for the Haughton River where major flooding >is expected at Giru. Hey Barnsey, if you're still there, have a squiz at: <http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_fwo.pl?IDQ65358.html> for the Haughton R. level at Powerline. (They haven't put up the Giru gauge yet -- it was there this time last year, but no sign of it now.) Cheers, Phred. SignatureppnerkDELETE@THISyahoo.com.INVALID > At long last! Woohooo mud on the roof time LOL > I cant wait for the weekend to go out and see if there is actually water > in the gullies. We have been really droughted up here and this is really > the first positive sign of an actualy wet season! > Anyway, had to just share that excitment > kathy. hmm....my driveway was washed away, pool flooded with dirty water, garage flooded, water everywhere due to earthworks covering my drain yadda yadda. You can keep the wet where it belongs ! Cheers Jim |
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