Title: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Bricktop on January 23, 2022, 09:22:29 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 23, 2022, 09:22:29 PM
The remote northern areas of the State are awash with unseasonal and extremely rare rainfalls.
A tropical cyclone hit the eastern coast in Queensland, and in an unusual turn of events kept going into the central and southern parts of Australia.
it has been raining here for three days, virtually continuously. I've never known rain in this part of the country to keep falling that long. In the sub tropics it can get fairly wet. But not in the south.
You Canucks would feel right at home.
Its horribly humid!!!
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 09:31:32 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 09:31:32 PM
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The remote northern areas of the State are awash with unseasonal and extremely rare rainfalls.
A tropical cyclone hit the eastern coast in Queensland, and in an unusual turn of events kept going into the central and southern parts of Australia.
it has been raining here for three days, virtually continuously. I've never known rain in this part of the country to keep falling that long. In the sub tropics it can get fairly wet. But not in the south.
You Canucks would feel right at home.
Its horribly humid!!!
:yuk:
We've had a lot of rain this winter. Very unusual here.It freezes and leaves a thick layer of ice making walking and driving a pain in my beutiful derriere.
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Bricktop on January 23, 2022, 09:32:44 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 23, 2022, 09:32:44 PM
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 09:34:01 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 09:34:01 PM
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The remote northern areas of the State are awash with unseasonal and extremely rare rainfalls.
A tropical cyclone hit the eastern coast in Queensland, and in an unusual turn of events kept going into the central and southern parts of Australia.
it has been raining here for three days, virtually continuously. I've never known rain in this part of the country to keep falling that long. In the sub tropics it can get fairly wet. But not in the south.
You Canucks would feel right at home.
Its horribly humid!!!
:yuk:
I think of the desert areas of Australia as some of the driest places on earth.
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 09:46:59 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 09:46:59 PM
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The remote northern areas of the State are awash with unseasonal and extremely rare rainfalls.
A tropical cyclone hit the eastern coast in Queensland, and in an unusual turn of events kept going into the central and southern parts of Australia.
it has been raining here for three days, virtually continuously. I've never known rain in this part of the country to keep falling that long. In the sub tropics it can get fairly wet. But not in the south.
You Canucks would feel right at home.
Its horribly humid!!!
:yuk:
Coastal Queensland gets plenty of rain. But, this aint something you see too often.
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Frood on January 23, 2022, 09:48:11 PM
Post by: Frood on January 23, 2022, 09:48:11 PM
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The remote northern areas of the State are awash with unseasonal and extremely rare rainfalls.
A tropical cyclone hit the eastern coast in Queensland, and in an unusual turn of events kept going into the central and southern parts of Australia.
it has been raining here for three days, virtually continuously. I've never known rain in this part of the country to keep falling that long. In the sub tropics it can get fairly wet. But not in the south.
You Canucks would feel right at home.
Its horribly humid!!!
:yuk:
I think of the desert areas of Australia as some of the driest places on earth.
They're wetter than the Sahara and Atacama....
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 10:08:45 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 10:08:45 PM
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: cc on January 23, 2022, 10:21:19 PM
Post by: cc on January 23, 2022, 10:21:19 PM
Old Herman has spent so much time in deserts I should have humps like a frickin camel.
So ... Are you telling us that you have never had humps in the desert?
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 10:35:36 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 10:35:36 PM
Old Herman has spent so much time in deserts I should have humps like a frickin camel.
So ... Are you telling us that you have never had humps in the desert?
:sneaky2:
Not with a camel. There were some lady goats that caught my eye.
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 10:42:13 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 23, 2022, 10:42:13 PM
Old Herman has spent so much time in deserts I should have humps like a frickin camel.
So ... Are you telling us that you have never had humps in the desert?
:sneaky2:
Not with a camel. There were some lady goats that caught my eye.
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Bricktop on January 23, 2022, 11:27:02 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 23, 2022, 11:27:02 PM
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Anonymous on January 24, 2022, 12:13:01 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 24, 2022, 12:13:01 AM
Easier to catch than camels.
You understand. You must have spent a little time in the desert yourself.
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Frood on January 24, 2022, 02:07:52 AM
Post by: Frood on January 24, 2022, 02:07:52 AM
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Bricktop on January 24, 2022, 03:00:37 AM
Post by: Bricktop on January 24, 2022, 03:00:37 AM
Easier to catch than camels.
You understand. You must have spent a little time in the desert yourself.
Yup. Camels are too far north anyhoo.
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Anonymous on January 24, 2022, 10:45:43 AM
Post by: Anonymous on January 24, 2022, 10:45:43 AM
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Bricktop on January 24, 2022, 05:42:46 PM
Post by: Bricktop on January 24, 2022, 05:42:46 PM
So they invited Afghanis to come to Australia to assist the explorers move further inland. Afghanis used camels for obvious reasons.
Once the expeditions were complete, they simply turned the camels loose. With no natural predators and a familiar climate, they proliferated.
The camels were bred from a particularly hardy stockline, and because they were introduced they did not interbreed with other varieties to weaken their particular traits. So they are now highly valued in the middle east.
For much the same reason, Australia also has a large population of water buffalo, having imported them from Indonesia to help till the damp terrain of the far north.
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Frood on January 24, 2022, 07:48:50 PM
Post by: Frood on January 24, 2022, 07:48:50 PM
How did Australia get feral camels?
Ute musters, grab a granny nightclubs, and caravan parks near watering hole pubs....
Title: Re: We've had a drop of rain lately.
Post by: Anonymous on January 24, 2022, 07:57:47 PM
Post by: Anonymous on January 24, 2022, 07:57:47 PM
Australia is mostly desert. In its early days explorers seeking to investigate the inland terrain realised that their mode of transport, horses, were unsuited to desert climes.
So they invited Afghanis to come to Australia to assist the explorers move further inland. Afghanis used camels for obvious reasons.
Once the expeditions were complete, they simply turned the camels loose. With no natural predators and a familiar climate, they proliferated.
The camels were bred from a particularly hardy stockline, and because they were introduced they did not interbreed with other varieties to weaken their particular traits. So they are now highly valued in the middle east.
For much the same reason, Australia also has a large population of water buffalo, having imported them from Indonesia to help till the damp terrain of the far north.
Thank you.....I wondered who brought them to Australia.