Thread: Send her down, hughie!

Originally Posted by trout1105

This house has been here for well over 100 years and it has never been flooded out.
The Greenough flats however do flood on occasion But we are at least 60m higher than the flats.

Bit of history there. Do you know it's story? I'm reading a book at the moment, Packhorse & Waterhole, with the first overlanders to the Kimberleys. Written by Gordon Buchanan, a descendant of Nathaniel Buchanan of whom it is written " He perhaps helped to settle more new country than any other man in Australia, [but] died with none in his possession. " The Bulletin, 9 July 1881. What a man and what a story. For example, in 1878 Nat Buchanan took 1200 cattle from Aramac in Qld for the first stocking of Glencoe Station in the N.T., with no predefined route and no settlement for a thousand miles. He had three drays and seven white men. The cook was decapitated by hostile natives while making damper! brings to mind the old saying about bush cooks. BTW, how was the rain?

We are about 420 metres above sea level, so if we flood the rest of you are in big trouble!

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

We are about 420 metres above sea level, so if we flood the rest of you are in big trouble!

The Chinese would have to buy up the water from another planet for that height increase! Which makes me wonder? Has there been a reduction in UFO sightings since global travel restrictions? Perhaps vacations to planet Earth have also been put on hold for the likes of Klaatu's descendants and families.

No rain yet and the bloody wing is blowing at 40+Kts which is blowing dust off the newly seeded paddocks creating a dust storm with visibility down to about 100m
Come on Huey ya bastard where is my rain BOM promised me

Originally Posted by bob10

Bit of history there. Do you know it's story? I'm reading a book at the moment, Packhorse & Waterhole, with the first overlanders to the Kimberleys. Written by Gordon Buchanan, a descendant of Nathaniel Buchanan of whom it is written " He perhaps helped to settle more new country than any other man in Australia, [but] died with none in his possession. " The Bulletin, 9 July 1881. What a man and what a story. For example, in 1878 Nat Buchanan took 1200 cattle from Aramac in Qld for the first stocking of Glencoe Station in the N.T., with no predefined route and no settlement for a thousand miles. He had three drays and seven white men. The cook was decapitated by hostile natives while making damper! brings to mind the old saying about bush cooks. BTW, how was the rain?

Behind the house about 500m away is the old original quarry for this area and the house was originally built for the quarry manager/owner.
The centre of the house is built with very thick stone walls and over the decades other rooms have been added.
I have had to renew much of the original timbers in the roof and the walls of the house due to white ants, poor construction and inferior materials used.
It is an ongoing proposition and I still have a couple of interior walls to replace yet.
IF this bloody wind gets too strong my maintenance list will probably get a little bit longer

Originally Posted by trout1105

No rain yet and the bloody wing is blowing at 40+Kts which is blowing dust off the newly seeded paddocks creating a dust storm with visibility down to about 100m
Come on Huey ya bastard where is my rain BOM promised me

****, Trout, it's not looking all that flash for you, rain wise. There's a bit out Nth Abrolhos way and that's it!
A fair bit gone to the South.

Originally Posted by trout1105

Behind the house about 500m away is the old original quarry for this area and the house was originally built for the quarry manager/owner.
The centre of the house is built with very thick stone walls and over the decades other rooms have been added.
I have had to renew much of the original timbers in the roof and the walls of the house due to white ants, poor construction and inferior materials used.
It is an ongoing proposition and I still have a couple of interior walls to replace yet.
IF this bloody wind gets too strong my maintenance list will probably get a little bit longer

Sandstone I presume? With a fire place? Cool in summer, warm in winter. With a verandah all around, usually. Built for the Australian climate. Good one.

Originally Posted by Saitch

****, Trout, it's not looking all that flash for you, rain wise. There's a bit out Nth Abrolhos way and that's it!
A fair bit gone to the South.

Hopefully we will get some this afternoon But the bloody dust is going right through the place at the moment.
94 kph was recorded at North Island recently so it looks like we may get 50+kts with the rain.