Is the Southern Colony Sustainable?

[Leon Roskilly]

Do you think THIS might catch on, yummy yummy.

 

 

No

 

See: http://www.theage.com.au/environment/well-...80930-4r8p.html

Edited October 1, 2008 by Leon Roskilly

[Bobj]

Errr - birds don't move any direction other that forward either (well, up & down but always forward).

 

I wonder if there is any chance of culling some of the activists while they are at it?

 

Errr, the emu is a bird

 

A bloody good idea.... let's get BUFFALO Bill :P Sorry, Newt, couldn't resist it.... ;)

[Bobj]

Only if I get the opportunity to eat them.

 

 

A Thousand acres isn't a paddock Bob, it's a County.

 

I was going to say "a 5000 acre paddock" but I thought some wag might bridle at that....

While doing an investigation for a gravel deposit on a wheat cockie's block, he, and a neighbour took 4 days to plough 1 paddock, both were using these:

Edited October 1, 2008 by Bobj

[Leon Roskilly]

Summer's Here!

 

 

http://news.theage.com.au/national/heatwav...90113-7g1f.html

 

 

He said dead birds, mainly budgerigars, were everywhere.

 

And the smell was terrible.

 

 

 

Today's 37-degree scorcher has thrown Melbourne's rail network into disarray, with widespread cancellations hitting train commuters across the city.

 

http://www.theage.com.au/national/train-se...90113-7fyo.html

 

 

Houses destroyed in SA heat wave blaze

 

http://news.theage.com.au/national/houses-...90113-7g04.html

 

 

MUCH of Victoria will be on high fire alert over the next few days, with temperatures forecast to soar into the 40s.

 

http://www.theage.com.au/national/state-on...90112-7f8r.html

[Bobj]

And most of the bush around Port Lincoln, sarf orstraylya is burning while one third of Qld is flooded....

[Leon Roskilly]

Melbourne getting ready for extreme heat

 

see: http://www.theage.com.au/national/ready-fo...90127-7r1r.html

 

Such conditions had not been experienced in Victoria since 1908

Edited January 28, 2009 by Leon Roskilly

[Bobj]

And Adelaide had 114 deg F yesterday.

[Leon Roskilly]

And Adelaide had 114 deg F yesterday.

 

Melbourne 32C at 5am - It's going to be a scorcher today!

 

 

http://www.3aw.com.au/displayPopUpPlayerAc...talk.com.au/3aw

 

(Well tomorrow that's already arrived, gonna try and get my head around that!)

 

Roads melting and train tracks buckling.

 

(ps tuned into 3AW at 3am Melbourne local time, caught a broadcast of The Goon Show!)

Edited January 28, 2009 by Leon Roskilly

[Newt]

Would you like the loan of our weather today? Warm for mid-winter at 16ºC but damp & breezy.

 

For reference since the speed of the storm cell movement is in knots

160Kph = 100mph = 86 knots

[Clifftop]

For all it dropped to only 33 degrees thro the night i slept ok with just a sheet on the bed and the windows open.

 

at least i faired better than the train line

 

 

http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/gallery...10140-1,00.html

Edited January 29, 2009 by Clifftop