Happier Days are Coming - Starting Tomorrow...

Submitted: Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 11:26
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Winter solstice tonight 1851 hours AWST - Warm wafty evenings coming soon'ish...

The days can only become longer...

Cheers.
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Reply By: equinox - Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 12:04

Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 12:04
Thank goodness - my blood was starting to freeze.

Good traveling weather now until the time of the Equinox lol....

Looking for adventure.
In whatever comes our way.



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Follow Up By: Member - John Baas (WA) - Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 13:15

Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 13:15
Yes Alan; we're off to the Great Sandy and environs next Friday :-).

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Reply By: Ron N - Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 12:16

Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 12:16
Bring it on. This has been the coldest June I can recall for quite a while.

My dear old spinster piano teacher always said to me, when I was about 13, "I always look forward to the Winter Solstice, because I know that Summer is on its way back, then!"

Takes a while for the sun to start rising earlier this month, though.

Sunrise and Sunset - Perth, June 2014

We're off to somewhere warm on the 1st July, though!
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Follow Up By: Member - PhilD_NT - Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 12:47

Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 12:47
For some of us, Summer never went away, just a small change in temperature, humidity and the degree of wetness. Not that I'm gloating mind you.
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Follow Up By: Member - John and Val - Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 13:28

Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 13:28
Ron, The people in the snowfields might not agree. They're still waiting for a proper dump of white stuff.
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Follow Up By: Ron N - Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 18:19

Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 18:19
John & Val - Yeah, that white stuff isn't for me! I could never figure out why people want to play in the stuff I find in my freezer tray.
Just going into the meat and dairy section of Coles or Woolies is enough to give me the shivers!
Lucky we're all different, though, eh?

I guess they'll get a good Southerly blast soon enough, though, that will dump some of the white stuff on them.
The weather experts reckon we're in for a dose of El Nino and an accompanying warm winter. We'll find out soon enough if they're right, I guess.

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Follow Up By: pop2jocem - Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 20:41

Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 20:41
With you on that one PhilD.

From Perth myself but sitting in a nice little CP just a bit south of Darwin at the moment. Too bloody cold down south. Actually had the air con on in the van for a bit this afternoon.

Ron, yeah I could never figure out what the attraction is of chillblains and icicles hanging off the end of the nose.
Give me a nice 30 degree day any time.......like today for example, or yesterday, or the one before that, and I am reliably informed for tomorrow...and no I'm not gloating....honest...(;=))

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Follow Up By: Member - PhilD_NT - Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 21:24

Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 21:24
Sounds like you're only a few km's away Pop so keep enjoying our weather.
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Follow Up By: pop2jocem - Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 22:01

Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 22:01
Thanks mate, will do
Berry Springs is a pretty special spot


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Reply By: craigandej - Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 21:08

Saturday, Jun 21, 2014 at 21:08
Can't complain up here in Darwin.
Was mid 30's out at the V8 races today.
It started warming up once we went north of Tennant Creek, been swimming daily at Mataranka, Bitter Springs, Katherine Gorge, Edith Falls, Litchfield, Darwin wave pool...............

Couldn't help but gloat a bit. Sorry all at home.

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Reply By: Member - John and Val - Sunday, Jun 22, 2014 at 07:38

Sunday, Jun 22, 2014 at 07:38
You folks must be soft!

Don't think the link process is working but check out this celebration of the solstice in Antarctica
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-21/antarctic-researchers-strip-off-midwinter-solstice-icy-plunge/5540826

Mmmmmm.....

Think I'd prefer to head north!

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John
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Reply By: The Bantam - Sunday, Jun 22, 2014 at 10:51

Sunday, Jun 22, 2014 at 10:51
well here in southern QLD, I don't think we have had the cold weather yet.

we generally wait for the westerlies to come in in july and august

I've work a jacket outside on one day after 9am one day so far this year.

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Reply By: Member - flashcher - Monday, Jun 23, 2014 at 11:26

Monday, Jun 23, 2014 at 11:26
I spent a lovely winter solstice in Canberra visiting family until I went out to start the car yesterday morning and she had a flat battery.
Doh - thankfully in the NRMA as hubby had been left at home and I only had his mother for assistance.
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Follow Up By: Member - PhilD_NT - Monday, Jun 23, 2014 at 15:06

Monday, Jun 23, 2014 at 15:06
Is that the start of a Mother-in law joke?
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