Weather ,The Good , The Bad and the Ugly !

[arcticdude]

Stay safe down there! Isn’t it rather rare to have a cyclone coming in to the Brisbane region?

[LadyDraco]

I did a burn in the small garden, the wind was still.
Frost and frozen ground Seemed like the time was right..
I had a huge pile of cardboard, and crap from last season's garden.
It too almost 4h tending to and baby sitting the fire.
Doused with 4gals.. once it was all done and finished...

Still need to get to the big garden..

[Delicate Snowflake]

Stay safe down there! Isn’t it rather rare to have a cyclone coming in to the Brisbane region?

I think you're right... this one formed up much further north near Cairns but then seems to have headed south and stayed intact instead of petering out.

I am another 800km+ south, bright blue skies down here

[Delicate Snowflake]

Update:

Cyclones were this far south during the 1970's and earlier, but we've had a good long break since then.

The storm has slowed to a crawl (7km/hr, 4.5 mph roughly)... this means much more rain and ocean swells.

A new record wave was recorded on the Gold Coast overnight (just south of Brisbane)... 12.3 metres (over 40' !!).

Hopefully by now everyone up there has gotten somewhere warm and dry to wait out the next few days.

[arcticdude]

That’s a wave. Wow. I hope folks are staying safe.

[campfire]

Update:

Cyclones were this far south during the 1970's and earlier, but we've had a good long break since then.

The storm has slowed to a crawl (7km/hr, 4.5 mph roughly)... this means much more rain and ocean swells.

A new record wave was recorded on the Gold Coast overnight (just south of Brisbane)... 12.3 metres (over 40' !!).

Hopefully by now everyone up there has gotten somewhere warm and dry to wait out the next few days.

Stay safe down there, and be careful with all the idiots running around NOT paying attention to the warnings.

[Delicate Snowflake]

I am a further 500m/800km south - no problem here

You're right though - plenty of idiots trying to surf the waves and drive through floodwaters

[Delicate Snowflake]

Long story short - the cyclone fizzled out mostly.

Lots of rain, with resultant floods, and trees down. But relatively minor compared to many past storms.

The rain has finally arrived down south here, looks like a very wet day. The dams will be nice and full!

[LadyDraco]

Glad the hurricane fizzled out...
And that you are getting much needed rain.

[arcticdude]

Are they still having the extreme drought in the outback they had going last year? It was crazy dry there. I hope they’ve gotten some rain.

[Delicate Snowflake]

It's like most years - we have really wet places, with full dams. Other places - especially South Australia right now - are in extreme drought.

Our geography gives us plentiful water but not always where we need it. No politician has had the foresight to put a big project in place to move the water. One of our retired PM's tried to get this going but he's died and nothing got done.

We literally have rivers that flow out to sea with more water volume each day than a city like Sydney needs for weeks/months... but those rivers are thousands of km away :(

[LadyDraco]

Our sky is fire engine red this morning!

I was so red it made the front door red in colour .
Kind of creepy looking..
Something wicked this way comes.....
They had us in a lvl 2 alert .
But last night they dropped us down t a 1 ..
That's good..
We shall see