Australia Day
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Just cracked 30 in the upper Blue Mountains today. Took herself and a couple of friends to Mt York for a picnic lunch. One of the few nice spots in the upper mountains not overrun with tourists. Now watching a spectacular light show heading down towards Sydney. Cheers, Peter
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I grew up in in Sydney and glad to be out. But the Blue Mountains is a top spot. My cousin and God Daughter/her family still live in Blaxland and look for the slightest excuse to visit. I haven't kept track, what's the fire danger like this year?
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I grew up in in Sydney and glad to be out. But the Blue Mountains is a top spot. My cousin and God Daughter/her family still live in Blaxland and look for the slightest excuse to visit. I haven't kept track, what's the fire danger like this year?
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Short answer: Forest, not too bad. (Black Summer took out a LOT of fuel.) Grass, particularly inland, starting to burn like mad. Lots of growth over 3 wet years, now drying off. Disclaimer: You did not hear this from a Deputy Captain in the RFS>
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Wu hoo, got a public holiday today. And like a true blue Aussie I've taken a bludge[^] day tomorrow to get the 4 day weekend. It's almost 19:30 and its still 30 degrees outside. Got to a top of 37, and you guessed, it our air-con is out of action. The new one gets installed on the 9th Feb. It was a good day, the kids (& grandson who is now 4 months old) came round and had a BBQ. Glad we have a pool, have been in and out all day; & we avoid the beach where the entire population seems to occupy a single stretch.
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I'm partly through (and thoroughly enjoying) Bill Bryson's book about Australia "In a Sunburned Country". For the folks that know, is it pretty accurate description of your world?
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I'm partly through (and thoroughly enjoying) Bill Bryson's book about Australia "In a Sunburned Country". For the folks that know, is it pretty accurate description of your world?
I don't know, I've never the book. :-O When I Googled it:
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It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents, and still Australia teems with life - a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else. Ignoring such dangers - and yet curiously obsessed by them - Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia and promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him? The people are cheerful, extroverted, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging: their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water; the food is excellent; the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn't get much better than this...
Its's certainly how we like to see ourselves.
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Wu hoo, got a public holiday today. And like a true blue Aussie I've taken a bludge[^] day tomorrow to get the 4 day weekend. It's almost 19:30 and its still 30 degrees outside. Got to a top of 37, and you guessed, it our air-con is out of action. The new one gets installed on the 9th Feb. It was a good day, the kids (& grandson who is now 4 months old) came round and had a BBQ. Glad we have a pool, have been in and out all day; & we avoid the beach where the entire population seems to occupy a single stretch.
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yacCarsten wrote:
Glad we have a pool, have been in and out all day; & we avoid the beach where the entire population seems to occupy a single stretch.
Why not go to a different stretch then and have a private beach? 🤔
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius
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yacCarsten wrote:
Glad we have a pool, have been in and out all day; & we avoid the beach where the entire population seems to occupy a single stretch.
Why not go to a different stretch then and have a private beach? 🤔
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius
Dan Neely wrote:
private beach
Near Sydney, I :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: there is no such place within 100km that will not be overrun on a hot public holiday. Cairns on the other hand is hot, wet and we have no problem finding a quiet beach.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Dan Neely wrote:
private beach
Near Sydney, I :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: there is no such place within 100km that will not be overrun on a hot public holiday. Cairns on the other hand is hot, wet and we have no problem finding a quiet beach.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity - RAH I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
That's because you locals guard your beaches with stingers and crocs :laugh:
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Wu hoo, got a public holiday today. And like a true blue Aussie I've taken a bludge[^] day tomorrow to get the 4 day weekend. It's almost 19:30 and its still 30 degrees outside. Got to a top of 37, and you guessed, it our air-con is out of action. The new one gets installed on the 9th Feb. It was a good day, the kids (& grandson who is now 4 months old) came round and had a BBQ. Glad we have a pool, have been in and out all day; & we avoid the beach where the entire population seems to occupy a single stretch.
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C or F - too lazy to do conversion.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger
Would not be swimming if that was Fahrenheit. :laugh: 37C = 98.6F
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Would not be swimming if that was Fahrenheit. :laugh: 37C = 98.6F
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