Some recent weather events

Australia has had some fairly severe weather recently with floods being the most recent.  Fortunately for us we have not been troubled by flood although when we were away this week, so I could participate in a group bike ride, our village had 60mm of rainfall in one day.  That is a huge amount compared…

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

We have been having colder than usual weather here in Metung and that got me thinking about a trip I made to Canberra the first year we moved to Metung.  It was beautiful weather when I left but this is what greeted me on the road into Bombala. Normally on a trip from Metung to…

The mother of all weather stations

My husband is a keen follower of the weather.  In fact you could almost say he is fanatical about weather records so it was with heavy heart that he discovered his weather monitor outdoor sensor had been knocked off the wall during heavy winds recently and was no longer working.  What to do? He did…

Too hot for words

This shows the weather yesterday at 1.45pm,  it was a bit hot. I has been too hot to do anything other than reading.  We are so glad we put on solar power recently so don’t feel so guilty when we put on the airconditioner, that kept the temperature down to 27 in the house. The…

Recent windy weather in Metung

We have had a few days of really strong winds here in Metung. The weather has really been rather unpleasant. Our next door neighbour lost one of his gum trees which was blown down across his driveway. If it had fallen in the opposite direction it would have taken out the roof of our pergola!…

Whether the weather makes a difference.

We have been working on the new back path in the garden but unfortunately the weather has caused us to cease work on that project for a couple of days. Hopefully the weather will be better tomorrow so that work can progress. I have been busy painting the back pergola/patio area and that also has…