In other news...

[Disco Muppet]

It's snowing in Orange! :D
Why is this good news?
Because it gives me an excuse to drive the Disco, driving a tupperware container on wheels powered by a watch battery in the snow isn't fun :)
Pics, if I can be bothered to go out in the cold and get them, will be posted.
So, top that! :p
Cheers
Muppet

[BMKal]

Kalgoorlie a couple of weeks ago..................... :p

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[Disco Muppet]

Kalgoorlie a couple of weeks ago..................... :p


You win....
....for now :p

[BMKal]

Yeah ............. but I cheated. ;)

Wasn't snow - there was a massive hail storm up there. Looks good though. :)

[Disco Muppet]

:p
It does look good, I have photos somewhere of the ground slowly turning white in a massive hail storm, unfortunately the D2 was out in it :eek:
As usual, the snow has turned to rain, which has in turn, made Orange into a soggy, cold mess.
Kind of like weetbix left too long in milk :D

[rick130]

It was forecast here for the hills around us today but won't happen as there's too much sun ATM, but geez it's friggin cold...

[Mick_Marsh]

Beautiful sunny day here. Blue sky. I've set the camper up to dry because it got damp during last weekends excursion.

[DieselDan]

:p
It does look good, I have photos somewhere of the ground slowly turning white in a massive hail storm, unfortunately the D2 was out in it :eek:
As usual, the snow has turned to rain, which has in turn, made Orange into a soggy, cold mess.
Kind of like weetbix left too long in milk :D

Off on a tangent (cos I know you like random stuff Muppet..!), but I've often though there must be an engineering use for soggy weetbix!
If left to dry out, the leftover bits of weetbix on the side of the bowl just HAVE to be the hardest substance known to mankind :D

[goingbush]

Why is Orange so bloody cold, We stopped there last wednesday night & it was too bloody cold to put a Tent up so pulled into West End Motor Lodge the first motel we saw, even phoned in some Delivery Pizzas :p

yes sir you can call me a whimp but we have come from 4 months up north

last thing we were prepared for was to fold up a snap frozen tent in the morning

[Disco Muppet]

Off on a tangent (cos I know you like random stuff Muppet..!), but I've often though there must be an engineering use for soggy weetbix!
If left to dry out, the leftover bits of weetbix on the side of the bowl just HAVE to be the hardest substance known to mankind :D

I hate weetbix, always have :p They're either soggy and unappetizing or like chewing cardboard boxes and unappetizing :D


Why is Orange so bloody cold, We stopped there last wednesday night & it was too bloody cold to put a Tent up so pulled into West End Motor Lodge the first motel we saw, even phoned in some Delivery Pizzas :p

yes sir you can call me a whimp but we have come from 4 months up north

last thing we were prepared for was to fold up a snap frozen tent in the morning

I'd call that a wise choice, you wouldn't catch me camping in this weather for anything!
Well...maybe like.....a fleet of 130 HCPUs filled with $100 notes.

[DieselDan]

Can't say I'm much of a fan of the stuff either!

[Tote]

My favourite Orange cold experience was when as a young bloke I had some mates that came from Lismore call in on the way home from Newcastle TAFE after our block release week. I was living in an old weatherboard place next to the Mercedes dealer on Forbes road at the time. They were fine when they woke up on the lounge room floor on a frosty morning until the radio announcer told them it was minus 12 outside, the looks on their faces were priceless.............

Regards,
Tote

[BMKal]

Have only ever visited or passed through Orange a couple of times, but used to go to boarding school in Forbes (many moons ago - family lived in Ardlethan when the tin mines were still going). I can remember many a cold morning at the college on the river bend with the footy ovals completely white with frost.

It's a pleasant 17 degrees here in Perth at the moment, but has been absolutely bucketing down rain for most of the morning.

And Weetbix ................ great snack with butter and strawberry or apricot jam spread on them (while they're dry - not soggy ones).

[Disco Muppet]

Orange cold and I have a bit of a love/hate relationship.
I love cold weather because you can rug up and it's good for sleeping once you warm up.
On the other hand, it's impossible to work on the Disco, the front of our house is like a wind tunnel, and they make early morning starts...errr...well...terrible :p
My best Orange cold weather memories are also my worst....
Smacking my hand into a wall during a snowball fight....
Being terrified of my sisters driving during a snow storm.....
Trying to explain to the highway patrol officer who stopped me playing in the snow one evening.....I said I was taking photos :p
Then there was the time I stepped off a plane in South Korea in shorts and a T shirt into -17.....It was fine as there was very little wind, but I got some odd looks :p

[rick130]

Why is Orange so bloody cold,


Because it's 860m ASL ;)

[rick130]

It's sleeting here now, totally overcast and still bloody cold at around 7*C with a wind from the NW @ 20-30km/h :o

Did I mention it was cold ? :D

[Disco Muppet]

It's sleeting here now, totally overcast and still bloody cold at around 7*C with a wind from the NW @ 20-30km/h :o

Did I mention it was cold ? :D

Positively tropical! :p
This was last years snow fall, my friends demanded I take them up the mountain :D
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[rick130]

Hasn't snowed here for six years now, we're all getting a little anxious :D

[Chucaro]

Here, in tropical Hobart, the weather is nice and sunny :)
It was a tad crispy early in the morning with ice on the cars but nothing that a Tasmanian cannot put up with it :)

[Ancient Mariner]

860 meters ABS here Bloody cold also 10 last night a tad warmer at 26 now:lol2: