TC Monica
Submitted: Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 10:58
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Member - Beatit (QLD)
Hi All,
After many years of poor wet seasons for the Cape I am totally surprised at the amount of wet weather that has hit the region this year. The latest TC Monica seems destined to dump further rain in the region. I am pretty sure that there were past posts suggesting some members were planning an April journey to the Cape and I can’t imagine it being dry enough to visit. So I was wondering, with this happening so late in the wet season, how many people will be delaying their visits north this year? Maybe some of the locals can provide an educated guess for planned arrivals now that April may well be too soon.
Kind regards
Reply By: David from David and Justine Olsen's 4WD Tag-Along - Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 12:20
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 12:20
We won't be having our May trip, our next trip is planned for Sept. I haven't been able to get north of
Mossman due to other committments so don't know what it is like up there at present. Rob or Eric may be better placed to comment. All I know is it is very wet up there.
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Follow Up By: Member - Beatit (QLD) - Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 12:53
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 12:53
Thanks David, we are planning to be up there in Sept (only 5 months to go). This trip will be different to my others up there as previous trips have been very dry. I suppose evrything will look somewhat greener even in Sept. Hopefully the fishing will be good with a decent flush.
Kind regards
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Reply By: ExplorOz Team - David - Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 13:11
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 13:11
Here is the latest live Satellite images from thenew ExplorOz Weather system:
This image will be redrawn each time you view it and is the latest updated info from the BOM. BTW: You can see these images now on the ExplorOz State pages and Australian Index : www.exploroz.com/states
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Follow Up By: Member - Beatit (QLD) - Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 14:02
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 14:02
Just as well you remind us of all the features in EO. It is easy to forget how comprehensive the site information is.
Kind regards
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Follow Up By: ExplorOz Team - David - Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 14:56
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 14:56
Beatit,
This stuff is really new so I will pump it into the
forum system for a while. These live weather reports are really cool. I will be building a page with all sorts of other live weather info in the near future - this stuff all takes time. I am loading comp
places at the moment. Hey everyone starting to run out of place submissions for the comp - Please email me some more when you can.
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Follow Up By: Member - Beatit (QLD) - Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 16:01
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 16:01
Just wishing here David so don't take it too seriously! BUT can we have a click and drag function on that rain so we can drag it down to
Brisbane - seems about the only thing missing. Seems that very little is impossible!
Kind regards
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Reply By: Member - Steve (ACT) - Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 13:48
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 13:48
There are a group of us planning a trip for July this year, a couple of months away, but we're watching this with great interest!
Steve
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Follow Up By: Member - Beatit (QLD) - Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 14:06
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 14:06
Looks to me that the Prado is right at
home in the water! Doubt if it will be an issue in July though.
Kind regards
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Reply By: Sam from Weipa Auto Electrics - Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 16:52
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 16:52
Another three weeks and everything should be allright I dragged a few cars over the archer on the weekend before the river got upto 3mtrs but one 200 model nissan wagon got claimed by the river hopefully I will have some photos soon.
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Reply By: Sam from Weipa Auto Electrics - Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 16:55
Tuesday, Apr 18, 2006 at 16:55
And there's no rain in
weipa though anyway not until later in the night I reckon.
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Follow Up By: Member - Beatit (QLD) - Wednesday, Apr 19, 2006 at 07:48
Wednesday, Apr 19, 2006 at 07:48
G'day Sam,
Look forward to the photos. Judging by David's weather map you are looking at a bucketing as well. BTW been to
Weipa a couple of times and I can't wait to get back - the fishing has always been fantastic. A couple of us did a charter with Pugwash last time and had a ball.
Kind regards and keep dry.
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