Looks like Rudall River NP might get some much needed Rain
Submitted: Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 at 22:10
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Member - John Baas (WA)
Reply By: Member - John (Vic) - Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 at 22:16
Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 at 22:16
Mick O may have to pack his boat for next years trip rather than his 4wd motor bike.
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Follow Up By: Member - John Baas (WA) - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 02:56
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 02:56
I'd guess he'd pack the bike into the boat to cover the options.
lucky B!
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Follow Up By: Mick O - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 14:18
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 14:18
The quad floats mate. Just got to pump the tyres up a bit LOL.
Cheers Mick
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Follow Up By: Member - John (Vic) - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 14:36
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 14:36
Aside from pumping up the tyres you would also need floaties to help with all the powdered milk on board. :-)
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Reply By: equinox - Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 at 22:34
Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 at 22:34
That's great news John, and I hope it continues across to the Gibson.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - John Baas (WA) - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 01:18
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 01:18
No worries Alan. Might have to do a trip out that far in the not too distant........
Cheers.
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 01:27
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 01:27
Yes should be good for a lot of soaks and dry
water holes in that area, we need another Bobby...
Richard
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 01:31
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 01:31
TC Bobby
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Follow Up By: Member - John Baas (WA) - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 01:57
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 01:57
Yes Richard, they can be absolute rippers.
I was at
Exmouth when TC Pancho passed a couple of hundred kms to the west Mar 2008. Got out of bed at 0200 to make my escape from the
Lighthouse Caravan Park.
Made it past the town but got snookered at a
creek a further 10kms south - it was before the Cruiser; driving a Fairmont towing my previous Quinnie.
We could not believe the intensity of the rain - no wind - just rain. Had to drive by following the centre white line and guessing the marker posts. Chk out the images the day after at:
http://haltthesalt.org.au/main/campaign_aerial_rain.php
It missed Exie by the proverbial, but what a dump.
Best. J.
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Follow Up By: Richard Kovac - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 02:12
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 02:12
I've never lived through one, lived in
Cairns for a year in the 80's and just happen to leave just weeks before they realized why they call lake street by that name.. LOL
I give credit to the people that live up there full time.
Cheers
Richard
Bobby cost 11 mil and seven people died, so I do not wish for it......
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Follow Up By: get outmore - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 09:34
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 09:34
Bobby dumped a heap of rain that filled the lakes around
leonora. these drain south by way of ponton creekand terminate into a small previosly fairly unknown clay pan called
lake boonderoo south of the Zanthus
railway siding. (old maps show it but dont name it usually)
it got turned into a vast inland sea with so much
water itstill had quite a bit in it after 10 years. There were dead gum trees which had been drowned as far as the eye could see.
truly a great but little known outback phenomanan
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Follow Up By: Member - John Baas (WA) - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 13:09
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 13:09
Chk out the aftermath of TC Bobby over
Exmouth and Yannarie Ck catchment at:
TC Bobby Satellite Image
Cheers.
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Reply By: Member - Fred B (NT) - Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 at 23:15
Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 at 23:15
Good stuff,
so long as it doesn't interfere with my trip there next year, I am more than happy to see
rock pools, gorges etc with lots of
water.
regards
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Reply By: rocco2010 - Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 at 23:19
Sunday, Dec 20, 2009 at 23:19
Gidday
If the weather bureau's computer modelling is right cyclone laurence is going to produce a lot of rain in outback areas of WA, SA and NT later in the weeK Might be an interesting christmas for some.
Cheers
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Reply By: Willem - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 07:58
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 07:58
Hi John
That would be good. When we visited Rudall in 05 it was the driest for many years. Even this year there wasn't much
water around west of Rudall which in one way was good as we were able to cross over the
Oakover River at
Upper Carawine Gorge.
Weather Bureau says we will get some of that rain here in South Aus by mid week. Need another 13.5mm to break the annual rain 400mm record for modern times :-). Annual average is 312mm.
With increased rainfall we have noticed changes to the flora in our back yard. Our Olive trees are not fruiting as
well and the Hard Shell Almonds have softer shells as the Galahs have been having a feast feeding on them (and making a mess on the back patio) as they can normally not break the shells.
Cheers
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Follow Up By: Member - John Baas (WA) - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:20
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 12:20
Hi willem, the latest track prediction is still very promising. See:
Still Looking Good
The path does indeed look like getting to you guys as it would still be a TC cat 1 getting to Giles - amazing!
Good to hear that the galahs are happy as
well, heh heh.
Cheers.
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Follow Up By: Ozhumvee - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 21:17
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 21:17
It was as dry as a chip out there this year, no
water anywhere except Desert Queen Baths and then it was
well down on "normal" levels.
All the other waterholes had absolutely no
sign of moisture at all.
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Reply By: Mick O - Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 14:17
Monday, Dec 21, 2009 at 14:17
18 mm of rainfall to 0900 this morning at Telfer Airport. I was hoping for a heap of rain over the next 4-5 months along the lines of 2006 as it is incredibly dry out there at present. In one of the ironies of the top end, it was a bad cyclone season that bought all the moisture into
the desert areas in 2006 so while no wishes for that, it's amazing that such a destructive phenomena can bring a lot of life back to the parched inland.
The more rain the better.
Cheers Mick
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Reply By: Pete Mac - Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:29
Tuesday, Dec 22, 2009 at 12:29
Another 28mm since 9am yesterday....
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