On the shores of Lake Alexandrina - duck hunting season finished this weekend - the camouflaged shooters have all left - not sure how many ducks were taken, but they pluck them when they get them in the boat, and presumably leave the residue in the water. Nice spot at Narrung - 42k out of Meningee on the Narrung Road, turn at the car wash in Meningee - and keep on to the t-intersection, turn right, and there is the camp. Good toilets and rubbish tins.

There is a shop 5k to the left of the t- intersection, but haven't been there, so not sure what is there. The ferry person selss bags of wood for $7 -big bag.

I'm 4x4 driving heading for the "Big Red Bash" in Birdsville & the weather is v/cool & wet! The Strzelecki Track has been closed. Hopefully the sun will return & dry up all the mud & we can get there by the 5th July.....Gwynnie @ Matildatraveller.

Hereabouts, down Mandurah WA way, the rain has slowed down for now. Winter at last but no big wind, hail or thunderstorms today as were forecast. Looks like we'll be getting the odd shower pretty much all week, with a good shot Tues night/Wed morning. We could do with all we can get right now. Send 'er down Huey!

Hi guys, I'm at the "Big Red Bash" @ Birdsville with 7,000 others & its a sunny 20 degrees & picture perfect with the wind just picking up. From Gwynnie @ matildatraveller

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.

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.

A brisk 4.1 in downtown Alice Springs, according to the BOM feels like -0.6. Heading back to Darwin today so it will be 25-32 as it is everyday.

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.

-- Edited by kiwijims on Wednesday 2nd of August 2017 01:12:54 PM

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  

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.

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.

-- Edited by kiwijims on Sunday 13th of August 2017 03:28:48 PM

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