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7mm in the past 24..
Wind and rain dropping off for the weekend...any fishermen might want to get to the boat ramp early to avoid needing a taxi to get to reach a parking spot..
28 did you do the whole Thorsborne trail or just the walk to Zoe bay..?
Whats the problem with the radar..?..To me it shows cairns not working but townsville is..?
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Originally Posted by: scott123 ![Go to Quoted Post Go to Quoted Post](/Forum/Themes/yafvision/icon_latest_reply.gif) 28 did you do the whole Thorsborne trail or just the walk to Zoe bay.. The whole track, as I check google maps satellite now. In 1993 or 1994 I think Boat straight across from Cardwell, motoring up through the mangroves to meet a track to the ocean side. From memory, through sand and scrub, and not very far. I think they said the resort was just somewhere up left of the track. From vague memory, we had 2 nights camping out. We might've got to the southern point for the boat early to mid afternoon for the trip to Lucinda. Don't have any memories after walking along a very long beach. Always wanted to go back and do it again. Think there was a long waiting list then, like a year. Who knows what it's like now.
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There must have been a shower overnight, 0.5mm in the gauge this morning.
That must have been a great experience 28, Hinchinbrook Island is a beautiful spot. When we lived in Townsville years ago we travelled up to Fishers Creek a few times to do a bit of fishing, amazing scenery there. Never caught much though.
The new bom site doesn't improve much. I notice they've renamed themselves "The Bureau" at the top. Looks a bit like their phone app I reckon.
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Yes, Hinchinbrook was a fabulous walk, and not too hard. Just a couple climbs but nothing tricky.
As for the BOM site...
The Bureau - makes me think of the FBI (too many novels and too much TV)
I now take a look every day, but the radar maps can't be seen properly on a 14" Lenovo laptop. (Quite a few other maps I use from time to time have this problem.) On unstable internet it's just plain aggravating, like the Telstra coverage map, jerky & jumps all over the place.
A lot of apps, including weather apps, I don't waste time using -- they're full of stuff I don't need or want, in my experience. I bookmark the multiple sites I use regularly, keep in folders on phone and laptop - quicker to access a page than waiting for an app to open.
Thankfully, the wind has eased here today.
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This is the creek that will take you up to the pontoon at the start of the Thorsborne trail, taken Oct last year: ![20231021_070913.jpg](/Forum/resource.ashx?a=2560&b=1) |
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Originally Posted by: ronfishes ![Go to Quoted Post Go to Quoted Post](/Forum/Themes/yafvision/icon_latest_reply.gif) This is the creek That's how I remember it, 30 years later. ![BigGrin](/Forum/Images/Emoticons/msp_biggrin.gif) Edited by user Monday, 8 July 2024 6:34:44 PM(UTC)
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Many many years ago when I lived in Brisbane I stayed at the resort on Hinchinbrook. It was magical. Also got taken for a snorkel on the reef which I blame for a lifetime career as a marine biologist.
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Originally Posted by: scott123 ![Go to Quoted Post Go to Quoted Post](/Forum/Themes/yafvision/icon_latest_reply.gif)
Whats the problem with the radar..?..To me it shows cairns not working but townsville is..?
The problem with the radar is on their new test site. It’s a whole of Oz image that you zoom into.
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Cairns radar is back up again. At 8.30am. The new site is just pictures. It doesn't give you a feel for the rain the way the old one does. IMO they're trying to 'modernise' & keep up with the latest fashions. Edited by user Tuesday, 9 July 2024 8:34:32 AM(UTC)
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Layed a shotload of turf today, great weather for it almost didn't crack a sweat. 3° in Ravenshoe this morning apparently. |
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Originally Posted by: ronfishes ![Go to Quoted Post Go to Quoted Post](/Forum/Themes/yafvision/icon_latest_reply.gif) 3° in Ravenshoe this morning Yikes!!! 13degrees on the back deck is bad enough. Days are beautiful here now, standing for ages out in the direct sunshine. Chilly tonight, woolly jumper and uggs.
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I see a photo of someone on the cane flats between here and tully with 6.9c reading on their weather station..other reports of 8c in Tully Town...my thermometer on th e windowsill was reading 11c at 7am and likely would have been less if placed out in open .. The days have been beautiful though and even some occasional decent fishing weather.. and nice to see that weatherwatchers are also nature buffs... Weary I did a year of Coastal management straight out of high school at Lismore with the same dream of becoming a marine biologist...Stupidly I thought we were going to be cruising around saving nature and rescuing turtles and didnt realise that it was all accumulating science based data.. SM I may have mentioned before but I know a guy that went out of Fishers creek in his tinny and without a GPS got lost in trying mangroves trying to get back to ramp in the late evening...they spent a rather uncomfortable night in a open tinny with no food and getting eaten alive by midgies before finding their way back the next day.. 28 thats very impressive to do that hike particularly as you have to carry your supplies and camping gear on your back the whole way.. Edited by user Thursday, 18 July 2024 3:36:03 PM(UTC)
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i see some weatherstation pics down to 4.3c hereabouts this morning... ![Blink](/Forum/Images/Emoticons/msp_blink.gif) Edited by user Friday, 19 July 2024 7:45:11 AM(UTC)
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Wow. 4.3°C is pretty low.
I think some out here could match that.
13 degrees, in the house, this morning at 6am. Still 13 at 8am. Cold all night even with a blanket over the doona.
Anyone remember when it was 5° in Cairns. I was living in Cairns then, think it was 2007.
If I remember right it was minus-10° in Ravenshoe. A big frost on the Tableland. All the green grass turned brown - thought I was back in spinifex country.
The Hinchinbrook walk wasn't that hard, back then. Four or five of us, all worked in a bushwalking shop, so the boss paid for it. I used his equipment. The backpack was a perfect fit, I bought one the same & still have it.
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Glad it has not got that low here.. 10° here this morning and I can assure you that is cold enough. lol
Days are beautiful though , just need to stay out of that lazy breeze in the afternoon.
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13°C here this morning also 28. I looked up the coldest recorded temp for Cairns and apparently it was 6.2° on June 23 1946. That was probably at the airport. Forecast is for 12° tonight.
I can understand how they got a bit lost at Fishers Creek Scott, it's like a maze there. We went straight across the channel to the island side so it was easy to find our way back in the arvo. No gps back then.
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Originally Posted by: ronfishes ![Go to Quoted Post Go to Quoted Post](/Forum/Themes/yafvision/icon_latest_reply.gif) Is that frost?
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Originally Posted by: 28degrees ![Go to Quoted Post Go to Quoted Post](/Forum/Themes/yafvision/icon_latest_reply.gif) Originally Posted by: ronfishes ![Go to Quoted Post Go to Quoted Post](/Forum/Themes/yafvision/icon_latest_reply.gif) Is that frost? Yeah up at Peeramon on Thursday morning. I had a couple more pics but too hard to upload. |
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@RF You've got to do it in the standard reply, not the quick reply. Stepping thru this on my phone, should be same on computer. Can't see button for Reply. I clicked Quote. Took me to page with options. You can delete qoted text. Click on paperclip icon, not the photo icon. Click upload new file. Click add files. Click start uploads. There's a red warning to wait, but should insert quickly. Hopefully that helps. Or did you try that already...! Edited by user Saturday, 20 July 2024 11:12:57 PM(UTC)
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