Rare mr walker Posted February 4, 2020 #676 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Oh well, looks like good news coming re rain. Forecasts are for rain of almost biblical proportions over the next week. We can only hope. So the hope is that the rain will extinguish the fires and we can have at least a few months of 'normality' for the firies & other emergency services, and some relief for the farmers & others living in affected areas. Pity we didn't build a few dams over the past 50 years - they could possibly store a few litres. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted February 5, 2020 #677 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Yes, I hope those rain predictions are accurate. It would be great to see the fires thoroughly drenched, not to mention farms that desperately need rain, dams that need filling and rivers that need to flow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riksu4452 Posted February 6, 2020 #678 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Following this thread to keep up on what is happening in Australia, We are from Texas and will be cruising to Australia next November. My wife & I is very concerned about beautiful country and are looking forward to visiting. Hope the promised rains are a blessing and aid the RFS. Our prayers are with the Aussies. Rick & Susan from South Texas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted February 6, 2020 #679 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Thanks, Rick and Susan. Conditions have been good in Sydney lately, and we are starting to see the promised rain come through. Just light showers today but the rain is predicted to increase over the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 6, 2020 #680 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Cheers, a cooler day here but no rain as yet, hopefully over the next few days there will be enough to extinguish most of the fires around here and help control any that are left burning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeanswers Posted February 6, 2020 #681 Share Posted February 6, 2020 They are predicting massive rainfalls in Sydney over the weekend. In one way that is good on the other hand nobody wants flash flooding either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 6, 2020 #682 Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, ilikeanswers said: They are predicting massive rainfalls in Sydney over the weekend. In one way that is good on the other hand nobody wants flash flooding either. So true, I am hoping for a good long soaking rain over the next 3 or more days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted February 6, 2020 #683 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Not much so far, a bit overnight and this morning. No rain at the moment down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 7, 2020 #684 Share Posted February 7, 2020 1 hour ago, NSWP said: Not much so far, a bit overnight and this morning. No rain at the moment down here. None here either, looks like we may get some this arvo, here's hoping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSWP Posted February 7, 2020 #685 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) Getting a good drop of rain here right now in Batemans Bay, 15 mm in the past hour, putting the fires out. I hope it all clears up by next Wednesday - 12 February so all you mob on the Majestic Princess have a nice sunny day to sail out of ye olde Sydney Harbour. Edited February 7, 2020 by NSWP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mr walker Posted February 7, 2020 #686 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Good soaking rain here at Penrith at the foot of the Blue Mountains. 33.4mm in 24 hours to 9am this morning, & a further 5.4mm in the 3 hours since (recorded at Penrith Lakes). So good soaking rain, not downpours. But some localized flooding on roads this morning - mostly drainage pipes that haven't been cleared during the dry. Hope it keeps on coming down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Kruzer Posted February 7, 2020 #687 Share Posted February 7, 2020 39 minutes ago, mr walker said: Good soaking rain here at Penrith at the foot of the Blue Mountains. 33.4mm in 24 hours to 9am this morning, & a further 5.4mm in the 3 hours since (recorded at Penrith Lakes). So good soaking rain, not downpours. But some localized flooding on roads this morning - mostly drainage pipes that haven't been cleared during the dry. Hope it keeps on coming down. Let’s hope it keeps travelling across the Tasman to the top of the North Island where severe water restriction are now in place 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikeanswers Posted February 7, 2020 #688 Share Posted February 7, 2020 It is finally a decent rain in Sydney. It will be good to wash all that dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted February 7, 2020 #689 Share Posted February 7, 2020 We are in Brisbane. We received 165mm of rain up until this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 7, 2020 #690 Share Posted February 7, 2020 2 hours ago, NSWP said: Getting a good drop of rain here right now in Batemans Bay, 15 mm in the past hour, putting the fires out. I hope it all clears up by next Wednesday - 12 February so all you mob on the Majestic Princess have a nice sunny day to sail out of ye olde Sydney Harbour. Good work, I would be willing for a wet departure as long as the fires are extinguished. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 7, 2020 #691 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Canberra (nth) has had 0.8mm in the last 24 hours but Canberra (sth) has had none and the fires are in the South west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lyndarra Posted February 7, 2020 #692 Share Posted February 7, 2020 2 hours ago, Kiwi Kruzer said: Let’s hope it keeps travelling across the Tasman to the top of the North Island where severe water restriction are now in place South Island is also drought affected in parts. I'm in Akaroa today and they are on Level 4 water restrictions too. While having fish and chips for lunch today I was reading letters to the Editor of the local Akaroa News. A correspondent was advocating the banning of cruise ships in Akaroa to conserve water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mr walker Posted February 7, 2020 #693 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) Crikey, the radar shows rain all the way from Forster to Point Perpendicular, but it's not quite making it to Canberra 😞 Edited February 7, 2020 by mr walker typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 7, 2020 #694 Share Posted February 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, mr walker said: Crikey, the radar shows rain all the way from Forster to Point Perpendicular, but it's not quite making it to Canberra 😞 no, not yet anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mr walker Posted February 7, 2020 #695 Share Posted February 7, 2020 11 minutes ago, lyndarra said: South Island is also drought affected in parts. I'm in Akaroa today and they are on Level 4 water restrictions too. And yet Southlands & West Coast are flooding 😮 It's hard to understand how it's so dry there when you see all the rivers that run to east coast from the Alps & the massive snow melt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWhiners Posted February 7, 2020 #696 Share Posted February 7, 2020 13 minutes ago, lyndarra said: South Island is also drought affected in parts. I'm in Akaroa today and they are on Level 4 water restrictions too. While having fish and chips for lunch today I was reading letters to the Editor of the local Akaroa News. A correspondent was advocating the banning of cruise ships in Akaroa to conserve water. Do cruise ships still stop at Akaroa? We were there in April 2017 and I thought they were going to stop in Littleton after that? Do the cruise ships use a lot of Akaroa water? I loved Akaroa, would go back in an instant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWhiners Posted February 7, 2020 #697 Share Posted February 7, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, lyndarra said: South Island is also drought affected in parts. I'm in Akaroa today and they are on Level 4 water restrictions too. While having fish and chips for lunch today I was reading letters to the Editor of the local Akaroa News. A correspondent was advocating the banning of cruise ships in Akaroa to conserve water. Deleted--for some reason this was posted twice!! Edited February 7, 2020 by NoWhiners weird glitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare lyndarra Posted February 7, 2020 #698 Share Posted February 7, 2020 Just now, NoWhiners said: Do cruise ships still stop at Akaroa? We were there in April 2017 and I thought they were going to stop in Littleton after that? Do the cruise ships use a lot of Akaroa water? I loved Akaroa, would go back in an instant! Yes ships are still going to Akaroa. Some small ships are going to Littleton but the bus driver of our local tour is from Christchurch and said larger ships will be going there later this year. Some cruise lines will still be going to Akaroa. Tomorrow Noordam and Sea Princess will be here. The ships themselves don't use Akaroa's water as it is a tender port. It must be all the tourists flushing toilets that are the problem so to conserve the water all cruisers should "go" before they come ashore.😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoWhiners Posted February 7, 2020 #699 Share Posted February 7, 2020 9 minutes ago, lyndarra said: Yes ships are still going to Akaroa. Some small ships are going to Littleton but the bus driver of our local tour is from Christchurch and said larger ships will be going there later this year. Some cruise lines will still be going to Akaroa. Tomorrow Noordam and Sea Princess will be here. The ships themselves don't use Akaroa's water as it is a tender port. It must be all the tourists flushing toilets that are the problem so to conserve the water all cruisers should "go" before they come ashore.😁 Ah, thanks for that. When we were there, we read that all cruise large ships would be going to Littleton the following year (would have been 2018). Yes, I remember we tendered, which was why I questioned why cruise ships would use water. I never thought of the impact of cruisers on land 😉 Could just use the 'all natural' toilets! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MicCanberra Posted February 7, 2020 #700 Share Posted February 7, 2020 41 minutes ago, NoWhiners said: Could just use the 'all natural' toilets! That would be fine for the blokes behind the trees doing #1's but not so grand for anything else or the girls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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