Thanks Bunyip, (and Julie).

I'm at 64 mm as of right now,- might make 70 mm by the 09:00am cut off.

It would be so good if the low stayed over water in the gulf for a bit longer, then came directly south through
the middle of QLD.-and didn't head west into the territory.

The models are wrong a fair bit of the time,- it'd be good if they were for this one.

We've had rain on and off for the afternoon, but very light. Still no idea how much has fallen. Hope to get someone to mow the grass next week, then I might be able to get to the rain gauge... Reckon you're right about the cyclone in the gulf. :(

Only 34mm up here this morning :(
Had hoped for a bit better than that. Looks like showers will continue this morning for awhile anyway. :)

Might do a killer a bit later, see how the day goes.

Have a great day folks

Cheers

Not sure that low will become TC Esther this morning. (What a dreadful name for a TC.) - - But it was 999 hPa at 05:00 (AEDT).

Sitting on 82mm again,- same as yesterday morning. Radar showing we are just about to get drenched again, so might get bit more before 09:00h cutoff.
I can almost hear the bloody grass growing. Nailing down the mowermen as to what day, gets pretty hard this time of year. Oh well.

We've just had a 15 minute storm. Bit of wind the first 5 minutes. Nice rumbles of thunder, & occasional flashes of lightning now. The rain has eased.

And the power went out about 25 minutes ago.

Radar indicates might be more to come. I think my fingers are stuck crossed now.

Friend said we had about 10 mm in that 15 minutes. I still can't get to my rain gauge, without changing clothes...

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According to my neighbour we're around 500mm for January and February.

I was away for a lot of our rain, so not keeping a check this year.

High schoolers are all at boarding school, or home schooled and we never see them. The younger people are all working and have their own commitments. The older people have got too old or have died.

I went to see the job agency people this morning, and they are tackling it right now, thank heavens for that. I've found my rain gauge, and I've found the garden bed, I rediscovered the old hoses I left stretched thru the yard.

We currently have TC Esther crossing the coast, as I type, just SW of Mornington Island. So Queensland does get at least one TC this year, if only momentary.

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I have a meyer lemon, and the quantity of fruit on it amazes me. Not as much this year, but two years ago I thinned the fruit out and removed over 100 small lemons. And there were still heaps left. It's only about 5 or 6 years old now.

Actually, this year my 3 fruit trees seemed quite confused. My mango, my mandarin, and the lemon were all a couple months late flowering. By the time I saw flowers on the lemon, there were already several lemons on the tree, but medium growth, and very new. The mandarin had hardly any flowers, then it had a heap of small fruit, which then disappeared. Then it had another go at it and still no fruit. The mango had one only mango that set, but something might have eaten it as it disappeared.

Although the "Wet Season" lasted a total of two months (mid-Dec to mid-Feb) plus a few incidental good falls, the skies were overcast until around June. I'd been planning to sort out my shipping container, but I didn't thinking it might actually rain. By the time the clouds disappeared the grass was dead and the winds had built up. Not conducive to the job, so it didn't happen. (That's my excuse anyway.) So pretty strange weather this last year, not surprising the trees were confused.

What was your total for just January, Ron ??

I would've thought your side of town went alright.

And it may be going to get worse.



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