Thinking Of Visiting Australia?

[Mungoman]

That's grim.

It is a bit.

 

[Kingsize Wombat]

What could be more Australian than a Gaytime Sanga?
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Well, the Golden Gaytime saga continues.

Now you can get Golden Gaytime flavored Krispy Kreme donuts! And Kripsy Kreme flavored Golden Gaytimes...

 

[Shady]

They look nice,if it wernt for the ice cream and the chocolate

 

[Tigerhawk]

They look nice,if it wernt for the ice cream and the chocolate

You can't have a gaytime without icecream and chocolate...

 

[Shady]

Cant i have a straight time?

 

[Kingsize Wombat]

Cant i have a straight time?

Not in Australia.

 

[Tigerhawk]

Cant i have a straight time?

Not if you know what's good for you...

 

[Lord Lucan]

Well, the Golden Gaytime saga continues.

Now you can get Golden Gaytime flavored Krispy Kreme donuts! And Kripsy Kreme flavored Golden Gaytimes...
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This is a sensible flavour combination. Someone had their thinking hat on.

 

[EnolaGaia]

Drought.
No water,no feed, no stock, no soil, no income.
30 K's out of town.

I hate to bear bad news, but the macro-meteorological outlook isn't optimistic ...

Antarctica's "Sudden Stratospheric Warming" Has Started Impacting Australia

Record warm temperatures above Antarctica over the coming weeks are likely to bring above-average spring temperatures and below-average rainfall across large parts of New South Wales and southern Queensland.

The warming began in the last week of August, when temperatures in the stratosphere high above the South Pole began rapidly heating in a phenomenon called "sudden stratospheric warming".

In the coming weeks the warming is forecast to intensify, and its effects will extend downward to Earth's surface, affecting much of eastern Australia over the coming months.

The Bureau of Meteorology is predicting the strongest Antarctic warming on record, likely to exceed the previous record of September 2002. ...

FULL STORY: https://www.sciencealert.com/antarctica-s-sudden-stratospheric-warming-is-impacting-australia

 

[Mungoman]

I hate to bear bad news, but the macro-meteorological outlook isn't optimistic ...

FULL STORY: https://www.sciencealert.com/antarctica-s-sudden-stratospheric-warming-is-impacting-australia

Thanks for the H/U EG - hopefully, the reach of the Vortex and it's periphery won't travel too far North. And hopefully, it won't disturb our usual Christmas rains.

This is the result of the 2002 event. http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/SPARC/News20/20_Baldwin.html

And if it does effect us to a degree...maybe our furious/glorious Leader shall get some hurry up about turning the Easter coastal rivers inland.

We Live In Hope...

 

[Mungoman]

Thanks for the H/U EG - hopefully, the reach of the Vortex and it's periphery won't travel too far North. And hopefully, it won't disturb our usual Christmas rains.

This is the result of the 2002 event. http://www.atmosp.physics.utoronto.ca/SPARC/News20/20_Baldwin.html

And if it does effect us to a degree...maybe our furious/glorious Leader shall get some hurry up about turning the Easter coastal rivers inland.

We Live In Hope...

Addendum: Eastern...not Easter.

 

[skinny]

The east coast is burning up and people are dying. @Mungoman and others points south take care.
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/NecessaryAdoredCaterpillar-mobile.mp4
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-11-08/nsw-fires-in-pictures/11688244

 

[Swifty]

What's a Australia?

 

[Mungoman]

East Coast Australia.

 

[Mungoman]

East Coast.

 

[Mungoman]

Last One. Diamond head NSW.

 

[Mythopoeika]

 

[Lord Lucan]

Things are looking pretty bleak at the moment. Three reported dead, seven unaccounted for, over 150 homes lost. Winds are strongs, temperatures high and things aren't looking to improve this week.

 

[Mythopoeika]

Stay safe, Aussies.

 

[Mungoman]

Things are looking pretty bleak at the moment. Three reported dead, seven unaccounted for, over 150 homes lost. Winds are strongs, temperatures high and things aren't looking to improve this week.

It's not good LL - eh...

 

[Mungoman]

Stay safe, Aussies.

Thanks Myth. will do mate.

 

[Lord Lucan]

It's not good LL - eh...

Not good at all. South of Sydney it's not too bad but still windy and temps are forecast for low to mid 30s over the next few days. Fingers crossed things get sorted soon. The RFS are bloody legends.

 

[Bigphoot2]

Looking very scary down under. Like Myth says, stay safe.

 

[Frideswide]

Thanks Myth. will do mate.

listen to @Mythopoeika ! please don't do anything reckless..... :mattack:

 

[Lord Lucan]

On a lighter note...

Shit Towns of Australia Facebook competition met with horror and amusement

What do Kalgoorlie, Tennant Creek, Mount Gambier, Dubbo, Mount Isa and Logan have in common?

They're all in the running to be crowned Australia's 'Shit Town of the Year', in a competition that has attracted a mix of horror and enthusiastic support from residents.
A Facebook page with more than 150,000 followers has been conducting a series of polls to deliver the highest dishonour.

 

[Mungoman]

Not good at all. South of Sydney it's not too bad but still windy and temps are forecast for low to mid 30s over the next few days. Fingers crossed things get sorted soon. The RFS are bloody legends.

The RFS's being legendary...you're not bloody wrong there mate.

 

[Mungoman]

listen to @Mythopoeika ! please don't do anything reckless..... :mattack:

Football ovals Frides - they're the go. Grab the dogs, and a horse rug or two, and sit in the middle under the rugs - besides...rivers nearly always have trees and undergrowth growing next to 'em.

Fire plans are encouraged here.

 

[Mungoman]

On a lighter note...

Shit Towns of Australia Facebook competition met with horror and amusement

What do Kalgoorlie, Tennant Creek, Mount Gambier, Dubbo, Mount Isa and Logan have in common?

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah............Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah....ah geeze that's funny...I'd better put me teeth back in now, eh.

Dubbo's not too bad though...they do a nice coffee and pulled pork bun at the Vietnamese bakery...an' they've got a Bunnings.

Kal...now there's a dropkick town...their idea of Sunday best is clean jeans, thongs, and a High Vis shirt - I'm being serious now.

Seriously...

 

[Anome]

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah............Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah....ah geeze that's funny...I'd better put me teeth back in now, eh.

Dubbo's not too bad though...they do a nice coffee and pulled pork bun at the Vietnamese bakery...an' they've got a Bunnings.

Kal...now there's a dropkick town...their idea of Sunday best is clean jeans, thongs, and a High Vis shirt - I'm being serious now.

Seriously...

I got a tank of bad fuel in Dubbo once. And it made the rest of the drive to Brisbane a nightmare.

Also, I know a guy from Dubbo, and he's a plank.

Cool zoo, though.

 

[Lord Lucan]

Football ovals Frides - they're the go. Grab the dogs, and a horse rug or two, and sit in the middle under the rugs - besides...rivers nearly always have trees and undergrowth growing next to 'em.

Fire plans are encouraged here.

Fire warnings here today were catastrophic (I'm in area 5). High temps (30+), winds gusting up to 90kmh and very low humidity make for very dangerous conditions. As I write this, winds have eased and a cool change has arrived, hopefully allowing the out of control fires in areas 2,3 and 4 to be better contained (unless the associated Southerly causes more havoc). Apparently, yesterday was the first day since records began that rain did not fall on the continent on Australia.