It's ffffffffffreezing here

I was in Sydney in June 3 years ago and at the time I figured it was the most miserable and cold place I had ever visited.

The good thing about up here in the top end is that the mercury will hit the high 20's by mid morning.

Jeff

I live in NE Victoria and Saturdays top temp was 4 degrees reached at 10.00 in th emorning. Just went downhill from their. Got an inch of snow on Saturday night. The hills just above my place got half a metre. Brass monkey weather down here.

Jeff,

Only two hours in the (officially) "World's Most Liveable City". You missed out on plenty, pity. Try it again some time and get someone who knows the place to give you some tips on where to go, I'd be happy to.

I'm assuming you must have been here on a HOT day. Not like that all the time in Summer. It's not unusual to run the air con one day and the heating the next.

I also lived in Townsville for eight years. Turn the airconditioner on in October and off again in May. But its beautiful at this time of year. Oh to be rich and retired and able to follow the weather around the country.

Bombers by ten goals in a return to true form, a re-run of the 2000 Grand Final, I was there, what a great day. I was also there in 2001 when we got beaten by the Salary-Cap Lions, not such a great day.

Jim.

G'day Jim,

It was a hot day, not that the heat worried me all that much - I just couldn't handle the crowds of people. I was a country boy and any more than 10 people in one gathering was a bit too much. I'll get back down that way sooner or later if only to watch a Bombers game.

I hope you are right with your tip of 10 goals over Melbourne - we are not getting the game televised up here so I will have to try and pick it up on a radio station.

Jeff

...about 8 in Toowoomba with a lazy westerly. How are our Lions going to cope down at Geeelong.?

...about 8 in Toowoomba with a lazy westerly. How are our Lions going to cope down at Geeelong.?

Not too well Les. I can tell you Geelong is bloodly cold, wet and windy but inside my house it's just nice and cosy.Hopefully we'll get some snow on the high hills and then it's pack up the kids and play time...love it.

I think the "Salary-Cap" Lions will do just fine. The Beatles sang "Money can't buy you love", but the SC Lions are living proorf it can buy you a good footy team. Just like Carlton late 70's early 80's.

Jim.

Yep Up the Lions..will be nice & cozy by the heater when glued to the tele this arvo!

Looks like the lions did not cope too well.............

Clearly tooo cold for Lions....was part of the great southern plan I'm sure!

Bugger that !!!

SWMBO is flying into Launceston from CQ tomorrow. We've hardly reached an 8oc minimum yet.

G'day Steve,

I worked in your part of the country about 40 years back out on Ororral Valley station for a bloke named Gordon Gregory. Gordon still has a place at Tharwa I think - called 'Freshford' from memory.

I can still vividly remember getting snowed in one year when I had to spend 5 days in what was known as 'Oldfield's Hut' - I lived on a tin of dark plum jam and a few parrots I managed to knock over with an old Lithgow single shot .22 rifle. That was a cold experience.

Jeff