Celebrating Positives (offset of the Gripes Thread)

[nomadpete]

We - Marty & I - are 43 degrees south which means interesting weather is the norm. Since this is not the Gripes thread, I  failed to mention the (one) warm day was accompanied by gusts of 40kts+ and rain showers. Which has been  cycling daily for a couple of months, without the sunshine. All next week is expected to be the same.

Edited Monday at 06:03 AM by nomadpete
FFS fix

[facthunter]

Called the "ROARING 40's". Strong westerly winds.  Nev

[old man emu]

I wish you Southerners and East Costers would share a bit of that wet weather into my neck of the woods. It's been dry here for a lonhg time. Tonight's weatehr radar suggests a bit of light rain (<5mm) might arrive, but there doesn't seem to be indications of greater falls. Perhaps Central NSW is heading for a drought.

[nomadpete]

10 hours ago, old man emu said:

I wish you Southerners and East Costers would share a bit of that wet weather into my neck of the woods. It's been dry here for a lonhg time. 

Be careful what you wish for......

 

 

 

But I  hope you get some gentle rain. We can easily spare it.

[nomadpete]

12 hours ago, facthunter said:

Called the "ROARING 40's". Strong westerly winds.  Nev

I'd never thought much about that old saying about "roaring 40s" before.

 

But now I realised that 40 degrees south also = 40 kts. Which sure does roar through our trees.

 

And I just re-read David Lewis's book 'Ice Bird' about sailing around antarctica. He tells me 50 degrees south = 50 kts.

[facthunter]

NO reason for that to be. It does move with the seasons. Sailors used it to advantage  when Sail was the go.  Nev

[pmccarthy]

We are sitting by Rocklands Reservoir in the Black Range. It is cool, but ok by the campfire.

[onetrack]

It looks like the kind of place that sovereign citizens would hide out in. 👮‍♂️

[old man emu]

5 hours ago, nomadpete said:

Be careful what you wish for......

Absulutly poured down! I counted at least 10 raindrops on my car's windscreen this morning. I had to throw a bucket of water over the screen to join up the drops so I could use my wipers.

[onetrack]

You might get something in the next week or two, OME - there's a series of tropical NW/SE cloudbands forming across Australia, with Kalgoorlie copping it yesterday from one of them.

Kalgoorlie recorded its heaviest-ever October rainfall - 60mm. However, official weather records only started in Kalgoorlie in 1939, which surprises me, as official weather records usually start in the mid to late 1800's.

 

https://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/vast-northwest-cloudband-brings-record-rain-to-was-largest-inland-city/1890923

[octave]

On our morning walk, we had a close look at the Young Endeavour. We had a long chat with the Captain. The people in the rigging were doing an exercise where they practised rescuing someone injured in the rigging. The Captain told us all about the "Young Endeavour" program, where they take 24 young people between 16 and 24, and teach them all the skills required to sail this ship. We found this chat to be quite uplifting.   

 

     

 

Under the scheme, 24 to 30 "youth crew" (aged between 16 and 23) join a voyage to supplement the 9-10 naval personnel from the Mine Warfare, Hydrographic and Patrol Boat Force, which Young Endeavour is attached to.^[2][3][6][7] Over 500 youth crew per year participate in the scheme, and are selected for the voyages by a biannual ballot.^[6] Each voyage typically lasts ten to eleven days, during which the youth crew rotate through most roles aboard the ship, stand watches, and help with Young Endeavour's operation.^[6] Near the end of the voyage, the crew undergoes "command day": a 24-hour period in which the ship is entirely under control of the youth crew.^[5] As part of most voyages, the combined crew takes a group of special needs youth on a half-day sail.^[6]

Between the scheme's inception in 1988 and mid-2018, over 13,500 youth have participated in voyages, while another 11,500 special needs youth have been involved in half-day sails.^[6] The vessel is at sea for approximately 240 days per year.^[7]