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As there will be no Ekka this year, will there be no westerlies either?

Originally Posted by V8Ian

As there will be no Ekka this year, will there be no westerlies either?

We won't get any rain either so if no rain there will be no westerlies. I am thinking about doing some painting out side so that is sure to bring the rain .

We got snow today for the first time and when it did the temp dropped to 2 degrees - it was so cold it stuck around for around 4 or 5 hours afterwards. It’s now 4 degrees, but apparent temp is -5.

Heavy snow falls yesterday which were predicted resulted in the usual government response..ie nothing done to keep major roads open.

So the police moved in and shut the roads.

The Huon hwy was shut BUT side tracks/roads were not..so non 4wd cars were allowed onto other road/tracks which were in a worse state than the highway😐

Result: carnage as hundreds of cars packed the narrow Pelverata road trying to get home. Many crashed and nobody could get thru...including me. I then used an unknown logging road to bypass the carnage.

How can this happen in a modern society where the gov spends millons on roads with resulting dozens of contractors with heaps of machines and as well local govt with all their shiny graders etc.??

Irony was that I was later blocked from returning home when police eventually decided to stop 2 wheel drive cars going thru....after 4 hours of chaos.

Mad as hell I drove through.. and yes they chased me down trying to tell me the D4 would not get thru...it already had. Easily😚

.what an absolute stuff up..why do we pay these fools 😐

Originally Posted by V8Ian

As there will be no Ekka this year, will there be no westerlies either?

I been getting some, you should get them before me seeing you are Brisbane west

The Westerlies came in July. This forecast rain may see more this weekend. Here is a climate driver update, should be rain in spring.

Climate Driver Update

so, can I drive up all the dirt roads to Lawn Hill in a few weeks time without having to go mud plugging?

IMG_1304.jpg Mate sent me this photo of his RR from Launceston this morning . It was reluctant to start so took his Morris Mini 850 to work instead.