http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-39414821

this passed over Airlie Beach on ~28 March 2017. Cat 4.

This is what I awoke to today:


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It was raining when I awoke no doubt.
I sat in bed listening to National Radio, which after the news then broadcast an interview with someone I used to know back in Cambridge UK - David Braben, co-developer of computer game Elite and now I think brought on to the 9 to Noon programme to talk about the maths behind Elite and now Elite Dangerous. ( Read more... )

I've enjoyed an extra week this summer due to things starting late and being windy etc.
But things have to end and this year the weather is making that real clear!


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This is really good to see. We have all waited a long time and it should have been Soviet countries who paid for it rather than the European victims ( Read more... )

I'm over all this rain now. NZ is under there on that map somewhere.


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Mid March can bring a tropical storm or ex-cyclone from the pacific. this year we have Pam. I have decided to delay my northward travel back from WOMAD in NP last Friday. We're getting the edge of the weather. it is warm, blustery with drizzle, but otherwise ok. My lower back is seizing up which is causing me more hassle. hotpool soak helped ( Read more... )

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They are using a bit of her song "Born to Die" in a TV advert here at the moment. It has really got into my head. Lovely voice, nice hook. Maybe her album will reach saturation a bit like Moby's 'Play' did last decade ( Read more... )