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Post by madmax on May 26, 2016 13:15:17 GMT 12
Im sure many Aussie farmers would welcome some of your water, as for your climate - I doubt it.
Not sure how the CONCENTRATION CAMP scene is in OZ, I'm 8000k from there on a tropical island. I've discarded my balaclavas, scarves, coats, raincoats, jerseys, gumboots, gloves long sleeve shirts and long pants. And oh, and I've not had a cold or influenza for at least two decades. Must away for a swim. Toodle pip
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Post by TS on May 26, 2016 17:24:06 GMT 12
Im sure many Aussie farmers would welcome some of your water, as for your climate - I doubt it. Not sure how the CONCENTRATION CAMP scene is in OZ, I'm 8000k from there on a tropical island. I've discarded my balaclavas, scarves, coats, raincoats, jerseys, gumboots, gloves long sleeve shirts and long pants. And oh, and I've not had a cold or influenza for at least two decades. Must away for a swim. Toodle pip So what do you do when a Tropical Cyclone comes through or a monsoon, or even worse your tropical oasis where ever it may be? Starts to Dip beneath the waves because of global warming? You might find yourself swimming to NZ or OZ. Sure NZs weather can be a pain but it can happen anywhere.
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Post by madmax on May 26, 2016 19:44:23 GMT 12
We receive far fewer tropical cyclones where I live than devastating earthquakes experienced in NZ over the past decade. Monsoons - we learn to take them in our stride. As for the rising tide a fair bit of NZ will be underwater before my feet are permanently wet. I would much sooner sit in one of the nearby open-air bars with a cool ale watching the All Blacks thrash the Wallabies than sit huddled around a heater coughing and sniffling and reaching for tissues every few minutes
Yes, weather can be a pain where ever one is but there is far, far, less pain here.
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Post by errolmartyn on May 26, 2016 21:01:10 GMT 12
Yes, weather can be a pain where ever one is but there is far, far, less pain here. Unless your a drought-striken Aussie farmer, of course! Errol
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Post by TS on May 26, 2016 22:01:14 GMT 12
We receive far fewer tropical cyclones where I live than devastating earthquakes experienced in NZ over the past decade. Monsoons - we learn to take them in our stride. As for the rising tide a fair bit of NZ will be underwater before my feet are permanently wet. I would much sooner sit in one of the nearby open-air bars with a cool ale watching the All Blacks thrash the Wallabies than sit huddled around a heater coughing and sniffling and reaching for tissues every few minutes Yes, weather can be a pain where ever one is but there is far, far, less pain here. Ahh Haa so you haven't really ditched the raincoat and gummies then for one would need those in a Monsoon?? But Speak, for nothing comes from nothing that you speak of "less pain here" for where is here??? That appears to be Gods own alternative....to NZ.
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Post by madmax on May 27, 2016 5:50:35 GMT 12
Your assumption that I have not ditched the raincoat and gummies portrays your lack of knowledge of a tropical climate.
"Here" is lag-asan on the island of Negros which is 6000k from Sydney, not 8000k as i posted earlier. Sorry, that was slip of the finger.
I do visit NZ occasionally, the last time was in 2013 however I found it rather dull as all my friend were ready for bed by 9.30 or 10pm each night.
There are many alternatives to NZ, all which have much more to offer
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 7, 2016 13:03:23 GMT 12
'Tis a beautiful day in Christchurch. Just how winter should be. The view from the port hills towards Lyttelton town and the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour.... The view across Christchurch suburbs and the Canterbury Plains towards the Southern Alps.... Ooooops....is that the time? Gotta go jump on an aeroplane.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 20, 2016 13:04:13 GMT 12
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 20, 2016 13:04:33 GMT 12
from The Dominion Post....Look north at 10.34am tomorrow — that is when summer slowly heads backLong nights and short days — it must be winter.By TOM HUNT | 10:24AM - Monday, 20 June 2016Sunset over the Kaipara Harbour north of Auckland, and all over New Zealand, is at its earliest of the year. — Photograph: Peter Meecham/Fairfax NZ.LOOK NORTH at 10.34am on Tuesday and in the distant horizon you will be able to glimpse summer returning.
That is the exact moment of winter solstice, when the sun will be at its northern-most point and as it starts ever-so-slowly heading back south.
Monday night through to Tuesday morning will be the year's longest night, with Tuesday being our shortest day, MetService meteorologist Claire Flynn said.
For Wellington, that meant the sun would set at 5.01pm on Monday night, then not rise again for 14 hours and 44 minutes, at 7.45am on Tuesday.
For those further south, the shortest day would be shorter and the longest night longer, while those north of Wellington would have the reversed effect.
For Auckland, sunset is at 5.12pm on Monday and sunrise is at 7.34pm Tuesday. (A night lasting 14 hours and 22 minutes).
Christchurch's night goes from 5.01pm Monday to 8.02am Tuesday (15 hours and 1 minute).
Dunedin will have night from 5pm to 8.21am (15 hours and 21 minutes).
Invercargill's night will go from 5.06pm Monday to 8.31am Tuesday (15 hours and 25 minutes).
Despite being, by one measure at least, the mid-point of winter, the country was in for decidedly un-wintry weather on our shortest day.
The upper North Island would have some sun, as well as rain or drizzle, while the lower North Island would be mainly fine.
The South Island's West Coast would have rain or drizzle worsening in the evening while the eastern side of the island would be mostly fine.__________________________________________________________________________ Related story:
• Wellington: Red sky in the morning, shepherd's warning on our longest daywww.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/81236632
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jun 22, 2016 12:26:00 GMT 12
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Post by thomarse on Jun 23, 2016 20:05:26 GMT 12
KTJ, just to the right of the pines in the centre of the magnificent Maymorn shot is a disused strip from which thousands of tonnes were sown.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jul 2, 2016 12:08:10 GMT 12
It was rather chilly in Masterton this morning (minus 1 degree Celcius) with a “mean” frost. However, it has turned out to be a beautiful day, as seen in this photograph taken from the hills to the east of Carterton....
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 2, 2016 14:04:52 GMT 12
Just like the rest of the country.
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Post by ErrolC on Jul 2, 2016 14:52:43 GMT 12
My evening flight to Melbourne out of AKL was a great one to be in a starboard window seat - once we were above the cloud, about 40 minutes of sunset! Unfortunately the phone camera wasn't doing it justice.
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Post by Peter Lewis on Jul 2, 2016 22:46:29 GMT 12
Perth weather is supurb right now. 6 degreens C overnight, 15 during the day. Each morning is cloudless blue sky, and - most amazing of all - over the last four days there has been absolutely no wind!
The onky thing to spoil it is that right now is Aussie election day. Really strange.
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jul 3, 2016 9:54:25 GMT 12
The onky thing to spoil it is that right now is Aussie election day. Really strange. Waddayamean strange? The West Islanders have got Pauline Hansen back!! That has gotta be worth a few laughs, eh?
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jul 3, 2016 11:47:21 GMT 12
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Post by 11SQNLDR on Jul 3, 2016 18:43:13 GMT 12
Perth weather is supurb right now. 6 degreens C overnight, 15 during the day. Each morning is cloudless blue sky, and - most amazing of all - over the last four days there has been absolutely no wind! The onky thing to spoil it is that right now is Aussie election day. Really strange. Bit cooler today, I've lit the fire & settled in for the arvo with some fresh Bluff oysters, some Marlborough Sav & Netflix Yes, the mad ranga Hanson is back, gawd help us!!
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 3, 2016 20:53:52 GMT 12
We've had the thickest daytime fog that any of us can recall since the 1970's here in Cambridge, and it's especially thick at our end of town which is odd as we're about as far from the river as you can get in the township, yet it is not so thick at the river.
My sister and I went to Mum's for tea, and on the way home my sister drove right past our driveway as the fog was so thick she was disoriented, till I pointed it out, hahahaha. Weird, it's a very creepy fog.In parts the light from the streetlamps is not really even hitting the road below!
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Post by kiwithrottlejockey on Jan 20, 2017 15:02:47 GMT 12
As I was departing Masterton on my second trip to Wellington this morning, the clouds lifted off the Tararua Ranges to reveal SNOW!!
A shitload of the stuff!!! And in bloody January too!!
Now I've seen snow in the Tararua Ranges in December (including one Christmas Day), but never, ever in January.
The climate is really messed up.
Unfortunately, I didn't have a camera with me and now that I've finished work, the sun is directly over the ranges, so no good for taking photographs.
Although there is a heap of snow on the ranges, it won't stay there for long, as the nor'wester is forecast to blow again and it will push warm air over the ranges and melt all the snow quick-smart. But I'd have never believed it (snow in January on the hills of Wairarapa) if I hadn't seen it with my own two eyes.
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