OT, Storm season

It might be a bit wet at Pyrenees LOL

Kev

haha, that'll be tough after all the dry weather but a bit of rain should be water off a ducks back to the tough EO bushmen with their camper trailers, microwaves, tv's and gas showers...lol

Who can afford all that??

I'll just have the gear trailer and the tent LOL

Kev

After buying all the beer I'm lucky if there's anything left over for fuel so I usually camp in the backyard but we have a bluddy good time, the neighbours are never impressed with the noise and swearing though :)

How big a bon fire do you have in the back yard??

I've been to a couple that ended up with no fence left as they ran out of fire wood (pailing fence) LOL

Kev

haha, that's wild, we have on old washing machine tub with legs welded on in which we light the fire but struth we've never burnt the fence...far out, sounds like a good night though :)

I woke up about 6" from the fire, very freaky my swag was about 10m away LOL

Kev, it sounds like your swag thought you were too feral to be near.

Ray, down our way the season has been atypical to the rest of Victoria. Kept its coastal characteristics.

John, have you seen that massive infeed of moisture from Indonesia over the continent, looks like some good rain for central Oz from tomorrow and us in the south from Thursday or Friday, a real good setup and with La Nina established we should get some more good systems in coming months. Must be all that carbon saving doing the trick eh! :)

John,

Those were the days before the kids arrived LOL

Need to behave now, well sort of

Kev

Hi Uncle.
Where are you heading to?

Hi Vince, heading as far Nth as Lismore and stopping in at relos and friends we havn't seen for ages along the way.cheers unc.

Get yourself a couple of sheets of 20mm closed cell foam from Clark Rubber and make up a hail-proof top cover

cheers
T.R.

good idea, how do you hold it down...ocky straps ?

Lie on top of the foam LOL

You end up just like someone who has been to paint ball

Kev

hahaha, wouldn't that look good, naked getting pelted by hail while singing "oh what a feeling...."

Red Frog. I use two full-size sheets joined by velcro so they can easily be rolled up and parked in the garage. they are held on by the springy cord that you get in cargo nets, on each corner of the front and rear and these hook over the front number plate, and over the towbar - that holds the ends down and then a nylon strap goes right around the middle over the roof. I also made some short pieces of springy cord that hook over the rear vision mirrors. YMMV on length but closed cell is easily glued with contact. Most insurers don't cover hail damage - unless you ask.
You can get hail covers from places like this:
http://www.stormcovers.com.au/about.html
cheers
T.R.

Thanks T R, very interesting.

Gees that's a pretty good pic Richard.

How many goes did it take to get one that good??

Cheers Kev

Old Kev,
Thanks. It's not too hard with a long exposure and the right F stop.
Focal Lenth 24mm, ISO 100, Exposure 12sec, F7.1

I got a few more, heres another one:

Thanks Richard,

I might just have to have a play with the newish digi camera next time mother nature puts a show on.

Cheers Kev