Helloooo everyone,

Since leaving Birdsville on 07-07-17 it has become very cold at night along the dirt tracks of  Strzelecki and Walkers Crossing and up through INNAMINCIA to the 'old Shearing Shed' at Cordillo Downs .   From there I headed my trusty 1996 4X4 Toyota Hilux traytop with an 'Active Slide-on Camper" into Cameron's Corner and onto TIBOOBURRA.  Temps were between -1 and zero most nights so BIG FIRES & layering up was the GO!!  All the dirt roads I travelled on were surprisingly in good condition!

Then heading through Wanadaring into Bourke via the 'Silver City Highway & onto Cobar the o/n temp were still between -1 to 0.   It was so cold it froze my brother's dog's water dish solid.   As I moved further south the weather seemed to warm slightly, it was a surprising 4 degrees over night last night at a bush camp 137 km south of Broken Hill.  

The following morning again heading further south I passed through the small town of Wentworth,  there both the Darling & Murray Rivers meet near the Victoria border so one minute your in NSW and the next your in Vic.  I stocked up at Woolworths in Mildura only to find about half an hourlater  heading west I passed through the SA Border Inspection Station.  There I had to hand over my newly stockpiled treats of fresh fruit & vegetables!!! The first I had seen in almost 10 days  (A costly and valuable lesson learnt here I can assure you!!)  

  Today after passing back and forth through the various time zones of NSW, VIC & SA  I've found a great o/n Council run Bush Camp by a river near Berri SA   Temputures here are milder at least, but as I head into Adelaide tomorrow to visit family they have warned me to expect very wet & cold weather!!  So out comes the woolies again (for the next 2 weeks at least before I head back to QLD for the rest of the winter.....  

 Take care from Gwynnie @ matildatraveller  (the story teller!)    

Bunbury WA

Nice day today 18ºC, a bit of rain this morning and will be about 9ºC overnight

It is expected to stay the same all week

It felt warmer than 18 out in the sun, until the wind picked up around lunch time

Innsbruck Austria, unsettle weather for next 4 days, one moment sunshine next rain.

Hi Radar,  are you sure where you are is not spelt M-E-L-B-O-U-R-N-E   Ha! Ha! sorry mate, no pun intended.....Gwynnie   

matildatraveller wrote:

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Hi Radar,  are you sure where you are is not spelt M-E-L-B-O-U-R-N-E   Ha! Ha! sorry mate, no pun intended.....Gwynnie   

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 7 hours of no rain, washing dry, bingo.

4 season in one day in Melbourne.

Keep on laughing.

Time of issue: 05:14 PM

Date of issue: 27 July 2017

Storm Warning- Take Action Now -  W.A.  S.W.

Albany, Bunbury, Busselton, Katanning, Manjimup, Margaret River, Mount Barker and surrounding areas.

take action and stay safe with severe weather to come. 

People in the southwest of WA experience a front as windy as this about 5 times per year and it is likely to cause damage to homes and make travel dangerous. 

K.J.

Well after the Storms that did a heap of damage around Perth, the Sun has finally appeared again, but cold as it wants to get, the temperature here was only 4.5C this morning,  had some brekkie and back to the sack, dreaming of a nice warm morning, sitting on a beach front somewhere way North of here !!! 

P.S.  this post was put up yesterday,  this morning (Wed) we awoke to 1.5C although the sun is out there isn't a lot of warmth in it, did I saw how cold it is,  "Bleeding Freezing"  

K.J.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.....................visiting family here in Adelaide&  right on cue comes in the WET, WINDY AND WINTER cold weather from the ANTARCTIC.   Nearly got blown away last night and had to scurry back to the family home before becoming a beached HOUSEBOAT on Henley waters!!!  A very cool 6 degrees with a wet & windy maximum 13 degrees today.  Bring on Wednesday when I return back to the warmer QLD weather ye ha!!  ....   Gwynnie  

Hello to all those travellers that are in a warm, sunny & dry place.

Thought I would venture outside to take a look at the beachside jetty @ Henley Beach SA....Well it sure is sleeting & wet & wild out and only 5 degrees with the wind chill factor at the moment.  A photo tells a thousand words so ......see the photos attached...Brrrrrrrrrrrrr still freezing in Adelaide  Gwynnie@matildatraveller  

WA weather: More rain, hail on the way ........

There's no end in sight to the wet weather for WA with more cold fronts expected to bring heavy rain and possible hail over the next few days.

A front dumped 42.2 millimetres of rain on Perth yesterday and overnight, with more rain and strong winds on the way.

"We're expecting another [cold front] to come through on Saturday and another one on Sunday."

Perth will see a top of 14 degrees today, increasing to 16 degrees on Thursday and 19 degrees on Friday.

WA's drought-stressed Wheatbelt also saw some rain relief, with Cunderdin getting 25.8 millimetres and Southern Cross 8.2 millimetres overnight.

There are marine gale warnings in place for the Geraldton, Esperance and Eucla coasts today, while the metro, Gascoyne, Bunbury and Albany coasts are subject to strong wind warnings.

Main Roads have advised drivers to switch on headlights, ensure a safe braking distance and to allow extra time as conditions become slippery amid the deluge.

Take care out there People !!

k.J.

Darwin 13 August

34 but a bit on the humid side at night time

It looks like I was wrong about B.O.M. playing up a bit and not reporting the weather

Perhaps I should remember to only believe 10% of what I read, 20% of what I hear, and only 50% of what I see, in regards to the weather

Tony Bev wrote:

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Darwin 13 August

34 but a bit on the humid side at night time

It looks like I was wrong about B.O.M. playing up a bit and not reporting the weather

Perhaps I should remember to only believe 10% of what I read, 20% of what I hear, and only 50% of what I see, in regards to the weather

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 I think you are being to generous towards BOM Tony,  here in Perth they have been predicting Dooms Day, with Thunder Storms strong winds and heaps of rain,  what have we got at present..... Sun shining with large patches of Blue sky !!!!  

One day they just might get it right, but who's going to believe them even then ?????   

K.J.

WA weather: Bureau warns worst of wild conditions forecast for Sunday night.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-08-13/bureau-warns-of-more-wild-weather-over-south-west/8802202

K.J.

Helloooooooooo everyone,

I am finally back in sunny, warm and beautiful QUEENSLAND again after visiting family in Adelaide SA via Birdsville.  It's a barmy twenty-four (24) degrees and brilliant weather where I am on the Gold Coast. I have had triple layers on for the past four months, especially around Tiboburra, Bourke and Cobar where the temperatures were a brrrrrrr...... freezing -4!           Take care and a BIG welcome back to "SPRING" from me. Gwynnie

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Adelaide area

A bit wet and windy, with the sun occasionally shining through, supposed to be up to 15 C this afternoon

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Hey Tony - you coming back over west?  Or still heading out somewhere? 

Sheffield, Tas. highest for days : Mon. 6.6, Tues. 6.4, Wed. 8.8, Thurs. 11.6, Friday 8, supposed to be a sweltering twelve tomorrow. Snow on 5th and 6th. Wonder when Groundhog day coming - maybe October 1st ??

STORM WARNING - Take Action Now - the South West, South Coastal, Great Southern and parts of Lower West and South East Coastal districts of W.A.

Time of issue: 01:41 PM

Date of issue: 21 September 2017

Take action with SEVERE WEATHER coming in parts of the Perth Metropolitan, Great Southern, South West, Lower South West 

If you live in the South West, South Coastal, Great Southern and parts of Lower West and South East Coastal districts you should take action and stay safe with SEVERE WEATHER to come. 

Locations which may be affected include Albany, Bunbury, Busselton, Katanning, Mandurah, Manjimup, Margaret River, Mount Barker, Narrogin and Perth. 

People in the southwest of WA experience a front as windy as this about 5 times a year. 

Bunker down People, and keep off the roads. !!!

K.J. 

UPDATE  3.30PM WT ............

Perth braces for biggest storm of the year.

The front is expected to hit Perth about 1am on Saturday morning, bringing with it damaging winds in excess of 100km per hour.

Damaging winds may develop from 6.00pm tonight about the Southwest Capes then extend to an area southwest of a line from Mandurah to Windy Harbour about 11:00pm.

A third, much stronger cold front the strongest for the year is expected to affect the southwest corner of the State from Sunday night.

Locations which may be affected include Bunbury, Busselton, Mandurah, Margaret River and the Perth metropolitan area.

This is typical weather for this time of the year but winds may cause damage to property and make road conditions hazardous.

K.J.

-- Edited by kiwijims on Thursday 21st of September 2017 05:11:40 PM

Lightning Ridge, NSW.

Last Friday - 30Cdeg. Saturday 40CDegrees. Today 39 DegC. Nice warm and damned windy. Big Wirle-Willies keep coming through every couple of hours or so, trying to take the caravan up. But tomorrow forecasted on only 25 degrees. and reasonable 21 to 28 over three next weeks. Great! :)

-- Edited by Esperian on Sunday 24th of September 2017 02:41:37 PM