You British might think I'm mad but I wish it would rain (a little bit). It's been about 3 months since we've had any rain - the last I can recall was on Queen's Birthday Weekend in June. I remember because it was a long weekend and it rained (well, sprinkled) for the first 100km as I headed 1,000km north to the AULRO Admin and Moderators Get-Together (I'm an Admin).

My lawn/grass is dying off. I can't test my rain-sensing wipers properly. I can't find my raincoat so that might be a problem if it rains but I did find an umbrella today whilst cleaning out the garage.

It's only Spring and already we've had 36 deg C days - fortunately, it's not too hot yet. Summer might be, though.

Ah, well, it's going to be cooler tomorrow (23C) so I'll go for a ride on my XJR1300 as a break from looking at Land Rovers all weekend at the LR Expo here in Sydney. Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

move to the UK , there's plenty of the wet stuff here..... ... - .- -.




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I moved over from London to the West Coast for a sunnier life. No Sun here just storm after storm coming from the Antartic with howling winds and torrential hail and rain. You just need to move West a bit. 2007 TDV8 VSE
2003 TD6 gone.
2002 P38a gone
1999 P38a gone
1997 p38a gone
1993 VSE gone
1992 VSE gone
1966 Series 2a with V8 conversion gone

It's not just Australia.
I am enjoying some late summer sunshine in Portugal at the moment.
It has been 28c each day for the last week, but seeing the forest fire damage all over the Algarve and talking to the villa owner where we are staying , it has been the hottest driest summer he has ever known, with temperatures going over 40c at its peak. (hence why we deliberately holiday late September/ October.

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No problem finding my raincoat back home in UK. !!! G reg 2.5VM Vogue Portofino red 1991- 1999
V reg 2.5td P38 Rioja red 1999- 2006
53 reg td6 Vogue Oslo blue 2006- 2015
11 reg 4.4 TdV8 Vogue SE. Baltic blue 2015- date.
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stan wrote:

move to the UK , there's plenty of the wet stuff here.....

Some rain is forecast! All we have is cloud at the moment. Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

we are getting some right now RR 2005 4.4 petrol
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Previous MG J2, CITROEN light 15 x 2 gone unfortunately
Present MERC 180e, RANGE ROVER L322, JAGUAR XJS, MERC 280SE, MG F, JAGUAR S-Type 6v 2003, jaguar s-type 8v 2004, Ford Cougar

Lucky beggars. We didn't get any. I might go for a motorcycle ride - that might bring the rain. Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

They have been burning off the last few days and there has been lots of smoke over parts of the metro area
It was a bit like the fog we used to get in England when I was a kid.
We had quit strong winds and a fair bit of rain last night, so I think it will have cleaned the air RR 2005 4.4 petrol
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Previous MG J2, CITROEN light 15 x 2 gone unfortunately
Present MERC 180e, RANGE ROVER L322, JAGUAR XJS, MERC 280SE, MG F, JAGUAR S-Type 6v 2003, jaguar s-type 8v 2004, Ford Cougar

There's been a lot of smoke here, too. I'm not sure if the plume I could see rising off the mountain range behind me (I'm about 1km from the mountains) was from burning off or a bushfire.

I just had a look at the Fires Near Me app and the smoke is from hazard reduction over 259ha about 10km from here. There are about 5 hazard reduction fires in a 50km radius of here.

The sun is breaking through the cloud so rain is unlikely. I guess I'll have to put the sprinkler on the lawn tonight.

At least it's cool today (19 deg C at the moment). Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

It's honking down here in Blighty.

I'd be happy with light rain, not so with honking down!  Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

Well we did have a fair bit of rain last night and wind, the first of the season and of course out went the power on several thousand homes and businesses.
We had some heavy rain today and this evening out went our power
Its back on now after about three and a half hours RR 2005 4.4 petrol
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Previous MG J2, CITROEN light 15 x 2 gone unfortunately
Present MERC 180e, RANGE ROVER L322, JAGUAR XJS, MERC 280SE, MG F, JAGUAR S-Type 6v 2003, jaguar s-type 8v 2004, Ford Cougar

Still no rain but at least it's cool now. Ron B. VK2OTC
2003 L322 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA

We have a wet and windy week forecast RR 2005 4.4 petrol
Any spelling mistakes are the fault of spellchecker
Previous MG J2, CITROEN light 15 x 2 gone unfortunately
Present MERC 180e, RANGE ROVER L322, JAGUAR XJS, MERC 280SE, MG F, JAGUAR S-Type 6v 2003, jaguar s-type 8v 2004, Ford Cougar