Hamarana

I took these with the standard Olympus, and forgot to turn the sound on… I was going to post them a couple of days ago but realised streaming would put me over my bandwidth limit in short order. So yesterday I joined Youtube and uploaded to there.

First: people familiar with Minmi Road between Wallsend Hospital and the Macquarie St intersection will know about the stormwater drain/easement which is usually just a dribble, and even in heavy rain doesnt do much exciting. This is from Friday about 2pm.

This next is of ducks in a pond that was getting very full. The ducks were happy, anyway . Forgot the sound again. I think I need to get a proper video cam soon.

Thanks to youtube embedding

Because of the extreme drought conditions in Australia, I’m doing my bit by refusing to waste water on a lawn. I’m beginning to think I need to find some way to do it (a long hose thru the garage, carrying my grey water perhaps?) because my house/land is on clay, and because its been so dry, the clay is drying out, cracking apart and the topsoil (little than there was) is falling into the holes.

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The Australian summer has always been hot, hot hot: but I think this year could beat most we have had so far.

I leave the back door open for the cats to come and go as they please, during the cooler months, there is usually only 3-4 months of the year during which the flies are so bad that I have to shut cats outside and then let them back in when they ask. This year, its all starting much earlier.

I had a MONSTER blowfly come in yesterday and its only mid-September (supposedly the first month of Spring). The daytime temperatures are starting to really heat up, and I have begun using my airconditioning in the daytime already. I usually don’t start using that until the end of October.

I think we are in for a long, hot one.

Aussie Climate Change info can be found at the Bureau of Meterorology Info site