Hi! Holger,

On 02 Jun 16 09:36, you wrote to me:

 HG> Yes, after listening several times to the start of the program, the
 HG> commentator says a name beginning with 'A', being 220 miles NNE from
 HG> Melbourne. Even though I'm not convinced that the name I heard, is
 HG> correct, the only name within that distance from Melbourne is Albury.

It's more likely to be Benalla still, mate.  I checked again with uncle
Google: the event is called the 'Austin 7 Club Historic Winton', and this
year was the 40th anniversary meet.

 PQ>> Thank you.  It's raining.  First day of winter and we're having a
 PQ>> cold 'snap', 24C max with a "shower or two".

 HG> Congratulations for the rain! We almost never hear/read of rain in
 HG> Australia. Mostly we get to know about draught and bushfires.

Well, we've copped it in buckets' full since then.  Maybe the news isn't as
widely reported over there.  Commencing Saturday afternoon, there was a
'perfect' alignment of 3 or 4 low pressure systems from here in the Wide
Bay region, all the way down the eastern seaboard of OZ to Hobart in
Tasmania.  It was compared initially to being similar to a Cat 1 cyclone
(lowest on the scale, IAC), stretching the 1990-odd kms to Hobart.

The effect of the alignment of lows had a rolling consequence down the
coast, over an approximate 48 hour period.  In a lot of instances at
coastal communities, the enormous associated rainfall combined with
increased 'king' tides producing flooding events.  Some towns along the
coastal strip received record rainfall dumps also.  One report I recall
hearing from a country town in NSW (north of Sydney?) receiving 461mm
_overnight_ (yes, near half a metre).

Many city & town businesses, and beach homes have sustained incredible
erosion and/or flood damage.  One house that has featured prominently on TV
reports had completely lost their backyard, which had once fronted directly
on to the beach, 30m distant.  Their in-ground swimming pool (10m^2x1.5m?)
is now a big block of solitary concrete sitting by itself, at an angle, on
the beach.  With further inclement weather and tides tonight, they may lose
the rest of the house.

 HG> Several rain areas, that were supposed to give us rain, have circum-
 HG> vented the islands. The same goes for the swedish island Gotland,
 HG> where they have now had to restrict the use of water.

We have plenty to share.  Come get some.  ;)

 HG> This week, the afternoon temperatures here, have been 20-25øC, and in
 HG> the early mornings, above 15C. For the weekend they have forecast a
 HG> dip of nearly 10C, but thereafter again up to the 20's.

Except for the weekend, which brought freezing wind(chill) and humidity,
we've now settled into roughly 12/13-22/24C days again.  Cold enough of a
night for one blanket still.  We're both coming up to an equinox, Holger. 
Maybe we'll share similar temperature ranges as well as length of days, for
a short space of time.  :)

 HG> Have a nice evening,

Thank you.  I'm having trouble slowing down tonight as I've got a wonky
mouse on my netbook (which prevented an earlier reply BTW).  Just pulled a
spare from my upstairs stash to try...  Good night.

Cheers,
Paul.

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