35mm at Green Hill since midnight, most of that in the last 2 hours. Chickens are not impressed

72 mm overnight. Gentle steady rain.

Tree's dropping all over the place up here, that could interrupt my day out :(
No real wind yet, just good steady heavy rain...
A day of this will have creeks and rivers on the way up ..


Cheers

Well it's been fairly consistent most of the day , I'd guess around 65 to 75mm looking at the gauge.
The marks have worn off, I need a dry few hours to do them again :)


Made it in and back, just 1 out today and booked in for more next month after I get a full xray ...
yeah Scott tooth ache is no joking mater, but something I have had a lot of, only a few left now.. lol

We are doing the antibiotics at home mate, they gave me a bit of training down at the Base, and the
infection control team are bloody great, phone calls every other day and can talk to them anytime
if we are not happy with anything that is going on. The infection markers are coming down in the
latest bloody, so things are looking up, she also has attitude again so I know she is improving lol

All these natural landslips pouring into the reef and still they blame farmers everything, the money
that is being wasted on these landslips is phenomenal, back 30 years and they would of just pushed
it over the side with a dozer, then done a cut or 2 above , pushed that over and packed up and
been done in a few weeks. Now we have Natives to consult, then world heritage and gbrmpa what to
put in their list of demands and that's before the geo techs and other consultants all put their
hand out for a payday..

Don't think I need to go anywhere now till next Tuesday , well that's the plan..

Stay safe out there everyone


Cheers

It was a wild drive down the Range this morning around 7am. Lots of traffic. Pouring rain, water everywhere. Eased off for a bit around midday.

Left around 2-ish. The Barron River was high. Pretty windy across the cane fields, thought I better get up the hill, before all the new work comes undone. Windy all the way up the range, but pretty much nothing this side of Kuranda.

Dead still and quiet now, except for the frogs. I'm staying in Mareeba now for a few weeks. Nice to be out of the city again.

Edit: Does anyone use JTWC? I cannot access it now. Not on my main phone nor using wifi, nor on my spare phone with a different provider. Get a 403 error, request blocked. 😱😰
https://metoc.navy.mil/jtwc/jtwc.html

Edited by user Thursday, 8 January 2026 5:15:50 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified

Latest from JTWC 28 if u still can’t get it

(1) THE AREA OF CONVECTION (INVEST 92P) PREVIOUSLY LOCATED NEAR
15.4S 152.0E IS NOW LOCATED NEAR 15.3S 149.0E, APPROXIMATELY 81 NM
NORTHWEST OF WILLIS ISLAND. ANIMATED MULTISPECTRAL SATELLITE IMAGERY
DEPICT A SLOWLY CONSOLIDATING BUT ELONGATED LOW LEVEL CIRCULATION CENTER
WITH DEEP CONVECTION BUILDING ALONG THE PERIPHERIES OF THE SYSTEM.
ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS REVEALS A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT
WITH GOOD EQUATORWARD AND POLEWARD OUTFLOW ALOFT, LOW TO MODERATE (15-20
KTS) VERTICAL WIND SHEAR, AND WARM SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES (29-30 C).
GLOBAL MODELS SHOW 92P STAYING QUASISTATIONARY AS IT CONTINUES
DEVELOPING ALONG THE EASTERN AUSTRALIAN COAST OVER THE NEXT 24 TO 48
HOURS BEFORE BEGINNING A SOUTH-SOUTHWESTWARD TRACK. DETERMINISTIC MODEL
GUIDANCE IS STILL SHOWING SLIGHT HESITANCE ON 92P, WITH GFS AND ECMWF
BOTH SHOWING POOR CONSOLIDATION WITH A BROADER WIND FIELD. IN CONTRAST,
ENSEMBLE MODELS CONTINUE TO BE FAIRLY AGGRESSIVE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF
92P IN THE SHORT TERM. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS ARE ESTIMATED AT
32 TO 37 KNOTS. MINIMUM SEA LEVEL PRESSURE IS ESTIMATED TO BE NEAR 1000
MB. THE POTENTIAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SIGNIFICANT TROPICAL CYCLONE
WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS REMAINS MEDIUM.

I see "The Bureau" is putting out track maps now for this low. The first was crossing at T'ville and the latest is at Innisfail. It's just wait and see I think. Hopefully lots of rain.

73 mm overnight. The models seem to be all over the place re the lows track.

48.5mm here this morning. A bit breezy with drizzle. The track of the low seems to have moved south again. The rain forecast for White Rock has dropped a little for today.

I agree, it will always be the BOM. Having a bit of fun with "The Bureau". That's why I have it highlighted. A total waste of money.

Jan: 281mm
YTD: 281mm

JTWC have issued a cyclone formation alert