G'morning Paul,

 PQ> We've returned to the normal pattern for this time of year:
 PQ> warm-ish and sometimes wet days with comfortable nights
 PQ> (though one town out 'past the black stump' posted a -
 PQ> minimum- of 33C a week ago).  All this will change from
 PQ> about 00:01 01/01/2007, when we move on to the usual summer
 PQ> fare: stinking ho-double-t days and nights best spent
 PQ> around the pool till 23:00.

You'll be pleased to hear that your bush fires have coloured our 
moon dull pink last night - some 1400 miles eastwards... no wonder 
you wanted our firefighters so badly.  The news this morning is 
that Tasmania has also been plagued with outbursts - and this on 
top of the worst drought for yonks... wish we could redirect our 
rain your way.

 PQ> We did have some very, very cool weather about a month ago
 PQ> with some isolated areas southwest of here posting new 100-
 PQ> year records for the coolest temps so late in spring.  One
 PQ> town, Stanthorpe (-aka Applethorpe) had real snow for the
 PQ> first time in over 40 years.  The southern states were
 PQ> blasted by sleet and snow at the same time, but such is
 PQ> their usual fare during the late winter months in any case
 PQ> and went largely unnoticed.

 Out of kilter - and never where the water is really needed...

Miles.
 
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