Rain, rain, Glorious rain - attention Willem
Submitted: Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 14:26
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Rick (S.A.)
Hey Willie,
Whad'y'get in terms of rain?
A browse through the BoM site tells a fantastic story for the whole state - unless you grow stone fruit or happen to still be reaping.
Cheers
Reply By: Member - lyndon K (SA) - Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 15:46
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 15:46
Hi Willem
Have friends who have a cherry farm at norton summit, so i guess that's their season trashed.
As for rain, penty of it here in
Darwin :)
Cheers Lyndon
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Reply By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 17:53
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 17:53
Rick, we got about 3" in the old terms and still counting more slowly now - 75mm and pretty general across SW Victoria. Some would surpass that. Should be pretty green through Christmas now.
Just below average at end August, then half average for September, then even lower for October, then warm and dry November and brrrr for December
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Follow Up By: Member - JohnR (Vic) - Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:22
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:22
Just over 80mm so far
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Follow Up By: Madfisher - Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 19:42
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 19:42
Goodday John
we have had about 100 mm at
Bathurst in the last 7 days or so. Local
water supply dam(Ben Chifley) is overflowing. Great to see, country up here looks brilliant after a reasonable spring. A lot of chaps are cutting meadow
hay and on my brothers farm all his dams are full.
cheers Pete
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Follow Up By: The Bigfella - Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 19:57
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 19:57
Madfisher
Just wondering what part of
Bathurst you are in.
I am out at Eglinton. I check this site just about every day and have got some great info off it.
Just wondering if any other ExplorOzer's at
Bathurst are on this site.
By the way we got 72mm at Eglinton from the downpour on Friday.
The Bigfella
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Follow Up By: Madfisher - Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 21:35
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 21:35
Hi Bigfella,
I live over near the mount. The only other local on here I know of is Ken S
Cheers Pete
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Reply By: Willem - Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 18:08
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 18:08
G'day Rick
34mm and it looks like more is on its way this evening. Its plurry cold though, and down to 18 inside the house
Cheers
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 18:57
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 18:57
Gday Rick,
Hope you had fun thursday! I may have inadvertently got your email on my hdj79 address :-)))
We live on the Torrens River and love to see the river rise over the
footbridge near our place and watch the ducks get washed downstream - great to see the rain!
Cheers
Phil
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Reply By: Ianw - Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 19:34
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 19:34
Don't often have to light the fire this time of year, but tonite shes going strong. Had 88 mm so far, (
Macarthur, SW Vic.) more on the way they say. My son and I had to knock back a quart of Scotch this arvo just to keep warm. Now I need sleep !
Ian
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Follow Up By: slave - Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:09
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 11:09
We got 45mm in our backyard but the Elders site says that
Cape Nelson got 48mm and '
Portland' got 66mm. I believe that the
Portland reading is taken at the airport so that is about 10 ks from town. It was a good soaking rain so no need to
water the veggie garden for a while.
Mrs S
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Reply By: Pradobob - Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 19:58
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 19:58
Largs Bay (SA)- normally a "dessert", received 25mm. It rained all day Friday, very gently, soaking. Good stuff. Tanks full. Spent Fri arvo at local SLSC looking out over Gulf St Vincent drinking pints of WE Draught, watching the rain. Life is good!!
Went to the gym at Woodville
Park this morning at 7am, had to wait inside to get to the car at 8:30am, couldn't get to car 'cause the rain was so hard.
Magic!!!
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Reply By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 20:04
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 20:04
72mm here in
Blyth up to 7pm tonight (saturday},
Yes and really cold as
well.
Really stuffed my paving project, turned sand into slop LOL
Cheers Pesty
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Follow Up By: Ianw - Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 20:17
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 20:17
I know several blokes who grew up in
Blyth in the 60s/70s.
Ian
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Follow Up By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 20:42
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 20:42
Only been here 20 years Ian, but might know of the families if they are still around.
Cheers Pesty
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Follow Up By: Member - Pesty (SA) - Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:46
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:46
Rain update, another 19mm this morning at 9am, and still drizzling, and still the paving sand is like soup, Hahaha
Cheers Pesty
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Reply By: Rick (S.A.) - Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 21:44
Saturday, Dec 13, 2008 at 21:44
A bloke should go for a drive for a few days -
It's so long since I have seen a germination in the Flinders, I've forgotten what it's all about. This rain event combined with the rain from a week or so back;
well, it could be a verdant paradise.
And I imagine through to the top of the Gammons will have
water in all the creeks...ahhhhh.......... got to make it happen, not just talk about it.
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Reply By: Garbutt - Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 09:23
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 09:23
28mm at my place and 32 mm in
Berri only a few K's away.
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Reply By: Member - Stephen L (SA) - Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:49
Sunday, Dec 14, 2008 at 10:49
Hi Rick
Just took out another 1" this morning, brings the total at my house here in
Clare SA, for 4" in three days. We never had that much rain during winter.
Cheers
Stephen
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