Riding Down Under - Tropical Cairns Australia
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Damn my local walk Bowls Club now has all day dining AND free wifi. $16 for a roast and gravy, apple sauce with mashed and veg all in is a deal and good exercise for my leg.
Price is always all in in Aus and there is no tipping.
edgehillbowls.com.au
It is our normal Thursday night meet up for friends but partner is enjoying some R&R in Sydney to see Brian Cox ( the scientist ) as part of her 70th BDay present so I'm giving myself a treat. She is also staying at the W
fortunately not paying full fare....dottor rates.
It's too hot to ride so saving money from thos outings and I am hungry. This will do as the main meal today. Yum
Might have to hobble a little faster to get home dry
Price is always all in in Aus and there is no tipping.
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It is our normal Thursday night meet up for friends but partner is enjoying some R&R in Sydney to see Brian Cox ( the scientist ) as part of her 70th BDay present so I'm giving myself a treat. She is also staying at the W
fortunately not paying full fare....dottor rates.It's too hot to ride so saving money from thos outings and I am hungry. This will do as the main meal today. Yum
Might have to hobble a little faster to get home dry
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It's cyclone time again. 
Still a long ways away but it takes time to prep the house.
www.abc.net.au
Riding to physio today but rainy and a social lunch means nothing distance. Tomorrow looks like a maybe.
Still a long ways away but it takes time to prep the house.
Cyclone Jasper forms off Queensland coast, marking an unusually early start to season
Jasper is the first cyclone of the season, but it's not yet clear how close it will come to the Queensland coast.
www.abc.net.au
Riding to physio today but rainy and a social lunch means nothing distance. Tomorrow looks like a maybe.
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Cyclone planning proceeding slowly....ANY mention of a possible Cat 5 is disturbing. Should be an interesting discussion around the Thursday night Bowls Club meet-up.
While it missed us by 150 km I still recall how scared partner was over the phone when Yazi blew out the weather station off shore on Willis Island that was hardened to Cat 5.....so no one knew where the damn thing would come ashore.
Then the phones and power went....tense night.
Cyclone Yazi was near the size of the continental US so even a miss has risks
Then the phones and power went....tense night.
Nother pair looping Australia - paired Himalyans and a long trek to Uluru. Neat campsites underground at Coober Pedy. Most homes are underground as the temps get off the chart.
I'd like a Himalayan for around here but not in the cards.
Girl is a P plate rider...... ambitious.
Having two bikes makes packing a lot easier.
I'd like a Himalayan for around here but not in the cards.
Girl is a P plate rider...... ambitious.
Having two bikes makes packing a lot easier.
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Catching the national news....the house is okay up to Cat 4 .....not so much after that.
www.abc.net.au
Forecast to stay enough south of us but ....
www.theguardian.com
Tropical Cyclone Jasper could intensify to category four overnight, forecast to hit north of Mackay
Cyclone Jasper is currently south of the Solomons and was upgraded to a category three late yesterday afternoon.
www.abc.net.au
Forecast to stay enough south of us but ....
Tropical cyclone gradually intensifying, with region between Cooktown and Mackay at ‘highest risk’
Slow-moving storm forecast to strengthen before weakening slightly and heading for Queensland next week
www.theguardian.com
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How's your insurance? When my parents had a place in Florida they were always hoping to get wiped out. Insurance payout was roughly quadruple fair market value (and half of replacement value). If they got wiped out, they would move on. Some neighbours got hit. They never got damaged.Catching the national news....the house is okay up to Cat 4 .....not so much after that.
Tropical Cyclone Jasper could intensify to category four overnight, forecast to hit north of Mackay
Cyclone Jasper is currently south of the Solomons and was upgraded to a category three late yesterday afternoon.
Good luck MD. Hopefully this is worrying but relatively painless.
Thanks - we are fully insured and it would have to be a direct hit with a cat 5 to take out the house. All houses by have to be built or upgraded to survive a Cat4. Will know more as the bugger creeps closer. Don't have a feel for the size of the storm yet. Yazi was stupid big.
Overlaid on the US.
It was still a Cat 1 1,000 km inland
This is feeling threatening now
Will accept a Cat 2 head on.
However, the bureau also predicts the system to weaken back to a category 2 by the time it begins to make landfall around Cairns some time next week.
Overlaid on the US.
It was still a Cat 1 1,000 km inland
This is feeling threatening now
Will accept a Cat 2 head on.
However, the bureau also predicts the system to weaken back to a category 2 by the time it begins to make landfall around Cairns some time next week.
Cat 5 are rare anywhere let alone any that come ashore. Yazi was exceptional for its size and damage done.
This thing could peter out or swerve away or grow into a monster but it certainly looks we will get some effects.
It is barely moving now.
Defined eye but still not overly large and it is still 1,200 km away - that's like from GTA to North Carolina but it seems to be funnelling to us.
www.theguardian.com
It's unusual to see a Dec cyclone on an El Nino year.
This thing could peter out or swerve away or grow into a monster but it certainly looks we will get some effects.
It is barely moving now.
Defined eye but still not overly large and it is still 1,200 km away - that's like from GTA to North Carolina but it seems to be funnelling to us.
Widespread Queensland weather warning as BoM considers evacuating staff
Heavy rain and winds expected across large areas of Queensland from Monday as category 4 cyclone continues towards coast
www.theguardian.com
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[URLBureau of Meteorology staff on remote Coral Sea island to be evacuated as Tropical Cyclone Jasper threatens direct hit
Bureau of Meteorology staff on an idyllic, and very remote, island are to be evacuated amid fears it could see a direct hit from Cyclone Jasper.
Benedict Brook
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December 8, 2023 - 3:44AM
Pretty good Cat4
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Yeah - especially if it loiters which it is doing. Should be some good surfing photos showing up. Still a coin toss for where and when landfall....if ever.
Lot depends on the highs to the south where they are having a serious heat wave.....joys of Australian weather.
Lot depends on the highs to the south where they are having a serious heat wave.....joys of Australian weather.
What do you do with the bike during a storm? Iirc it lives outside. Tie it to a fence? Lay it down gently so it doesn't fall over? Thankfully I haven't had to deal with 200 km/h winds on a parked bike.
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Good excuse to park it in the living room without getting too much heat from significant other. Then just keep parking it there, just incase another cyclone suddenly sweeps through
Hehe - luckily have not had to deal with a strong storm ...last threat I parked the ST1100 beside the house in a sheltered area....have a pic somewhere of it peeking out....that was a brute to back into the space.
The CB300F is a lightweight by comparison.
Partner thinks we put it up against the front of the house then bring the CRV in tight to it.
With a low Queenslander there is little difference parking in the compound or on the extended house deck.....compound likely safer.
If it picks up the CRV we would be well departed to a shelter by then.
There is still some talk of a Cat 5 but apparently there is a batch of dry air that will suck some power out.
Gorgeous clear night with a sliver of a crescent moon and 23 temps. Could not be a nicer night with pretty much zero wind.
The CB300F is a lightweight by comparison.
Partner thinks we put it up against the front of the house then bring the CRV in tight to it.
With a low Queenslander there is little difference parking in the compound or on the extended house deck.....compound likely safer.
If it picks up the CRV we would be well departed to a shelter by then.
There is still some talk of a Cat 5 but apparently there is a batch of dry air that will suck some power out.
Gorgeous clear night with a sliver of a crescent moon and 23 temps. Could not be a nicer night with pretty much zero wind.
Council is offering sandbags now ...also a King tide is expected on Tuesday forward ...oh joy.
We have some very low lying new suburbs that in our view should never have been allowed. Regardless of what happens there will be a lot of rain next week and will test their fancy dan pump system.
Joys of Australian weather
Heatwave, fire, flood and cyclone: Sydney temperatures peak at 43C amid wild weather across Australia
As NSW sweltered in heatwave conditions, Cyclone Jasper bore down on Queensland and Adelaide expected close to 50mm of rain
www.theguardian.com
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