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foo on patrol wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:54 am

warthog1 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:01 am

I've got a 20 litre drum of concentrate in the shed. It kills the Buffalo really effectivrly too though

And the problem is?

Foo

Happy wife > happy life.
That does not = happy wife

warthog1 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2024 1:11 pm

foo on patrol wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:54 am

warthog1 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 05, 2024 9:01 am

I've got a 20 litre drum of concentrate in the shed. It kills the Buffalo really effectivrly too though

And the problem is?

Foo

Happy wife > happy life.
That does not = happy wife

But it lessens the number of times that you need to mow, especially in the summer months, oh and I hear that there can be a real problem with lawn grubs in the summer.

Foo

I may go to the ag place and see if there is a selective spray. Care factor about lawn isnt that high. Water is too expensive to be wasting it on that sh it.


Pea soup fog here today. Thick as still, at 0930

warthog1 wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 06, 2024 9:30 am

I may go to the ag place and see if there is a selective spray. Care factor about lawn isnt that high. Water is too expensive to be wasting it on that sh it.


Pea soup fog here today. Thick as still, at 0930

We've had fog here 11 days out of 14 just lately. Had one day last week where it was clear at 7am but at 9am it was pea soup. It was raining on n off this morning.

Foo

It’s been a pretty gorgeous week (weather-wise) up in my corner of the country (north coast NSW / south east QLD)
Great for riding bicycles, bushwalking, gardening - and going to the beach to watch the whales cruising up the coast.

Probably great for most outdoor activities.
Not wintery cold this week.
Slightly overcast skies but mostly sunny.
A brief shower or 2, barely enough to wet the ground.
We are told that bad weather will return next week.
That’s pretty grim. And the Olympics won’t be going on in the background to brighten up the days.

Just to show off some nice weather conditions here are a few pics from my rides this week :

Monday- Brisbane



Wednesday. In the Qld/NSW Border Ranges



Thursday. Looking towards Mt Warning (Wollumbin) from the Northern Rivers Railtrail.

Nice Pictures Elantra, lucky you....although I see over the next week you might be swimming up there.....looks to be a weather system coming over the from the West.

Looks like a nice week to be had on the bottom border Albury/Wodonga though, 18C tomorrow & Sunday and I believe we may crack the 20C on Wednesday......yippeee......lube those chains and start peddling

Warty...you should be getting the nice stuff too over in Bendigo.

Got a Motorcycle ride happening on Sunday through the Snowies (but not where the snow is apparently)

A two wheeled weekend, whichever way it goes.

brumby33

brumby33 wrote: ↑

Sat Aug 10, 2024 12:02 am

Warty...you should be getting the nice stuff too over in Bendigo.

brumby33

Yes it nice today. The garden edging is taking a while.
Off for another ride shortly.

Spring is springing here in Melbourne! The past couple of weeks have been typical late winter, with mild temperatures and generally stable, calm conditions, but now the volatility that characterises a Melbourne Spring is kicking in. Take the weekend just gone, Saturday was one of those mild, calm days, but Sunday was fairly windy; warm for the majority of the day before a belt of heavy thunderstorms rolled through in the afternoon. Some showers and a bit of breeze carried through to yesterday, while today has been generally mild temperature, and although no rainfall, at least in my locality, switching between sunny and heavily overcast at frequent intervals, and blowing like stink! The rest of the week is looking much the same.

Might be down there on Sunday on the roadie and see if I can plod away out to Warrandyte and back again if the weather is ok. Benders was hammered with hail on Sunday but I wasn't there.

Current forecast for Sunday in Melbs... Max temp. 19 deg. High probability of some rainfall, but less than 4mm, wind NW, 20-30 knots (a fair bit, Strong Wind Warning likely but not yet issued).

Forecasting in Melbourne, especially at this time of year comes with the same fine print as bike catalogues - "specification subject to change without notice".

Duck! wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 27, 2024 10:15 pm

Current forecast for Sunday in Melbs... Max temp. 19 deg. High probability of some rainfall, but less than 4mm, wind NW, 20-30 knots (a fair bit, Strong Wind Warning likely but not yet issued).

Forecasting in Melbourne, especially at this time of year comes with the same fine print as bike catalogues - "specification subject to change without notice".

Haha. Yeah I grew up there. 4 seasons in one day etc.
I'll check the app for Bendigo and Melbs on the day. Don't have to go. If dodgy I wont.

Duck! wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 27, 2024 7:05 pm

Spring is springing here in Melbourne!

Brisbane has skipped spring and gone straight to mid-summer. 32°+ for the rest of the week, with Saturday (last day of winter) forecast to hit 35°.

Andy01 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 28, 2024 8:48 am

Duck! wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 27, 2024 7:05 pm

Spring is springing here in Melbourne!

Brisbane has skipped spring and gone straight to mid-summer. 32°+ for the rest of the week, with Saturday (last day of winter) forecast to hit 35°.

Wow. That is warm early isn't it?

Back home from work, and the world is a mess. Fallen trees, broken branches, smashed wheelie bins, rubbish disgorged onto roads, fences hammered, wandering dogs, a couple of SES and Powercor crews...should make for interesting NEWS viewing at 6pm.

My RING video doorbell video shows it has been an eventful day! Wave after wave after wave of viciously powerful fronts, pelting rain, blue sky, then rinse and repeat! I thought I had a fever last night, but no. The overnight temp hovered around a balmy 19°c... in the last week of winter!

Apparently the wind hit 122km/h here in the eastern 'burbs at 1.30pm. I look outside where I have just come, and it is nowt but a gentle breeze! Incredible.

Car commuting with the train is a thorough grind, and not ideal. Now that all V/Line services have resumed after a 3 month shutdown for track duplication, I'll resume bike + train commuting when things settle down properly...likely next week.

warthog1 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 28, 2024 8:03 am

Duck! wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 27, 2024 10:15 pm

Current forecast for Sunday in Melbs... Max temp. 19 deg. High probability of some rainfall, but less than 4mm, wind NW, 20-30 knots (a fair bit, Strong Wind Warning likely but not yet issued).

Forecasting in Melbourne, especially at this time of year comes with the same fine print as bike catalogues - "specification subject to change without notice".

Haha. Yeah I grew up there. 4 seasons in one day etc.
I'll check the app for Bendigo and Melbs on the day. Don't have to go. If dodgy I wont.

The other well-known line about Melbourne Weather is "if you don't like it, wait ten minutes!"

A post popped up this afternoon in my yacht club's Farcebook group warning of impending 30+ knot winds and requesting someone pop in to ensure members' boats stored in the yard (one of which is mine) were secured. I'd just finished work, and am pretty local, so I swung down, and arrived at the Club at exactly the same time as a 50-knot squall! That was vicious!

Duck! wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 28, 2024 6:01 pm

The other well-known line about Melbourne Weather is "if you don't like it, wait ten minutes!"

A post popped up this afternoon in my yacht club's Farcebook group warning of impending 30+ knot winds and requesting someone pop in to ensure members' boats stored in the yard (one of which is mine) were secured. I'd just finished work, and am pretty local, so I swung down, and arrived at the Club at exactly the same time as a 50-knot squall! That was vicious!

It is changeable

Windy here today too, not quite that strength though!

It was rather blustery here in the bayside 'burbs all day too, but that squall was another level!

Yeah, the wind was epic. I love the trees in our back yard but wind like that is a worry. Only small branches coming down so all good.

No way I was going for a ride in that. I would have ridden to work if still commuting but not a recreational ride. Yesterday was bad enough.

DS

warthog1 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 28, 2024 10:56 am

Andy01 wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 28, 2024 8:48 am

Duck! wrote: ↑

Tue Aug 27, 2024 7:05 pm

Spring is springing here in Melbourne!

Brisbane has skipped spring and gone straight to mid-summer. 32°+ for the rest of the week, with Saturday (last day of winter) forecast to hit 35°.

Wow. That is warm early isn't it?

Yes, usually Brisbane and surrounds is usually mild and pleasant weather at the end of August.
So this current run of hot weather is very unusual.

I will always remember being told by a Brisbane-born friend that he was born on “the coldest day of that year” - August 24, 1960.

September in Brisbane is rarely cold, unless it is raining all day !
As it was when I got hypothermia during an 100 km ride in Boonah (Qld) almost 2 years ago.

DavidS wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 28, 2024 10:53 pm

Yeah, the wind was epic. I love the trees in our back yard but wind like that is a worry. Only small branches coming down so all good.

No way I was going for a ride in that. I would have ridden to work if still commuting but not a recreational ride. Yesterday was bad enough.

DS

With the big tree at the front that has to be removed (and approved to go) that kind of wind like yesterday evening was worrying.

More gusty than I’d like.

g-boaf wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 29, 2024 5:28 am

DavidS wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 28, 2024 10:53 pm

Yeah, the wind was epic. I love the trees in our back yard but wind like that is a worry. Only small branches coming down so all good.

No way I was going for a ride in that. I would have ridden to work if still commuting but not a recreational ride. Yesterday was bad enough.

DS

With the big tree at the front that has to be removed (and approved to go) that kind of wind like yesterday evening was worrying.

More gusty than I’d like.

We ended up removing a big gum out the front of our house. We really did plant it too close to the house and it got diseased. That one would have been a real worry. At least the ones out the back are a fair distance from our house.

DS

More windy than Parliament Question Time.

Good luck to anyone trying to ride in Sydney today.

Dangerous conditions.

Very windy here today too. Very gusty westerly. Sht those WR50s are stable. Absolutely no probs even in those sideways gusts . Yeah you could feel it occasionally but easy to still hold your line.

Cyclophiliac wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 30, 2024 8:06 am

More windy than Parliament Question Time.

Not as much hot air though.