I don't like the feeling I get at all from this current weather, no matter how pleasant it might seem.
This 'constipated cloud' business is really beginning to p*ss me off and I'm usually a very placid guy.
For 's sake, Rain, Damn it!

Weird, just a hundred or so kilometres North of you, and we had 4 days of rain last week, not heavy, but good soaking rain, our water supply is at nearly 100% compared to 23% in Brisbane.

Pete

Watched ' Strange Bedfellows' tonight with Paul Hogan and Michael Caton.

What a funny film..................shame about Pauls facelift/eyelift whatever

And the 2"tooth caps, Lol and the litre of botox each week.

Pete

Sure getting frustrating here too. No rain, temps hots. I have never seen the ground so dry. Taking my boat down to Awoonga Dam fishing, the boat ramp is starting to get longer and longer, if you know what I mean.

I have to rely on water from the sky into my own tanks, but they are starting to get a bit low again even though I don't waste water. Today looked like a storm may have come my way, but two spits and the sun was out again.

Still got me interest what is happening with you avator near 16th January... I will keep watching.

Dorky

May you fill your boat with Barra, and not see a single catfish.

Good luck mate, I love Awoonga.

Pete

Breaking News: We finally got snow! 10 cm so far and more coming with a storm!

And I am sitting here in a sweltering 35 degrees............

Somewhere tropical,around 25 degrees, on a beach, drink in hand........doesn't that sound nice

Im sweltering this week, foot of the mts, its 5pm now relief in sight

What do you think? You bet I would take that in a heartbeat if I could No, not the 35 but 25!

So it seems that now that the North has cooled you got the heat then.

There is now appr. 15 cm of snow now. Tomorrow it's going to be some degrees above zero but I don't think
it's going to take the snow, and towards the weekend the temperatures are going down again.

Well, maybe it's time for the winter now. Luckily this time it won't last as long as normally... well, at least
hopefully!

Humidity is incredible here today, like trying to breathe water, maybe I will grow gills if this keeps up.

Not very hot, about 27C and some rain. I would love to think that some rain would be falling where it is really needed.

Pete

It's Jan 16th Pete!

No rain here Pete and still a very hot 39 degrees.

Sorting out some hosting issues, all will be revealed soon!!!!!!!!!

@ Aussiefox, lucky bugger.

Pete

Why don't you give us a tiny peak, Pete... you are holding us in suspens

Don't you hate it? If I could get my DNS to resolve, I would.

Pete

Hi Pete
I have been watching and waiting to find out about your program with great interest. Perhaps you could just tell us a few details. Is it an autosurf or is it a hyip and what payment processors will you use?

A brief peek,ERRRRRRRRRm o.k.

Neither a surf nor an Hyip, a non-hyip. I will only be using e-gold atm, looking at a cost efficient way to do bank wires.

Roi is not huge, but it is more than achievable at my end, and I think that is what counts.

By tomorrow with some luck I will be able to launch, 2hrs dns resolution has blown out a bit.

Oh and there is no script.

Pete

Pete, do you ever sleep??

Thanks Pete for the brief peek

I hope you can sort out your hosting issues soon. I am sure that many of us are waiting for the big launch. It's time for the drought to break!!

I am also waiting with interest. My luck needs a lot to be desired, so this may be better...

I can't wait....

Dorky

Just my flamin' luck.

The day I want to launch, my new hosting company, decides to upgrade their server, the website is simply an informational thing, so if I can't sort it out I will launch anyway, but I feel I should give them a little more time.

Pete

Ah... the suspense...

Dorky

Hi Pete

Yes I am very interested in what you are going to do. I wasn't going to join anything new at
all, but I will give it a go if you are behind the wheel.

And if you are thinking of paying via bank transfer, well it will be great seeing that you are
here in Australia, which would be nice for a change.

Hopefully you will PM a few of us when it is up and running, as usually I don't know where to
go looking for the new things.

Jane

Pete is keeping us in suspense.

Just to report the first snowfall of the winter here in Scotland.

There was news on the TV today that a lot of the reservoirs in the south of England now have enough water to be able to relax their hosepipe ban. Not that anybody would need to water their garden in this weather, they're having storms and strong winds just now, some people died with trees falling on cars etc.

Apparently the English water authorities lose millions of litres every day because of leaks in their system - 10% of the water just leaks away.

I certainly wish it would leak into my tank... looking pretty desperate here. Light rain the other night, but very little effect, if you know what I mean.

Pete has his calling card in his sig now....

Dorky

Yep, things are getting really bad....our water authority has reported we have one years supply of water left So, finger, and everything else crossed, for rain.

They are now talking of reducing water pressure for all households, and bringing in Stage 5 water restrictions for us....something that has never had to have been done before. It is looking very grim

Up and running at last, I think I will sell my telstra shares after today, what a drama with emails.

Pete

Hi Pete

I have just been in and had a look at your site. I would have joined you but I don't have
$100 to my name, as I had very little left after the biggies took my money. Oh well not
to worry, but I do you wish you heaps of luck with it all.

Good Luck and best wishes.

Jane

Thanks Jane, you'll get back.

Pete

Wow, have anyone read the whole thread? ..
Speaking of aussies... just watched the aussie at World Series of Poker 2005 win at YouTube... Dont no his name. I've seen a lot of aussies at PartyPoker (which have a great offer - look at signature) that play so wierd. But I love australia anyway, especially sydney.

Hi Dorky

Thanks for the info about Pete's prog. I'll go and have a look now.

AF,
I'm so sorry.
Last night after reading your post I had a shower and felt pretty guilty/dismal about having to use water for such purposes when things are coming to this (pretty silly I know).

I've never felt so affected in all my recent years as I have with this gloomy forecast for water supply.
Still, I've noticed some people around are behaving in an oblivious "she'll be right" mode when it ISN'T alright.

Even Brisbane may well become unlivable in the near future if these clouds just linger in the sky purely for visual effect.

Sorry for sounding so gloomy....I get affected very easily by these uncontrollable situations.

Best wishes to all of us.

We can only do our bit Justin, and hope others who don't, come to realise the gravity of our situation.
I have to admit, i find it all a bit scary, not just the water situation, but all of the strange weather that is happening over the world.

It is still beyond me, why the government does not just fund water tanks for all existing houses and workplaces, and why it is not mandatory for all new houses to have water tanks installed.

People in the country are buying water to fill their tanks, just to survive, and yet you know the 'wealthy' people in this town are getting away with buying water to flood their gardens

It's a crazy world.

Try not to feel so gloomy Justin after all, it won't change anything. But I do understand how you feel, lucky for me, I am the eternal optimist.

Hi Cheryl

Is that one of your holiday pics in your avatar?

Thanks Cheryl.
I'm sorry for having to bleat like a black sheep, I just had to share my feelings. Your optimism makes me feel better.

Yes Cake, that is my 6 year old daughter.......one evening by the lake, we were fishing and she was waiting for Daddy to put on her bait....hehe live worms, she wouldn't do it, thought it was 'gross' .




Guess what??!! Right now, the rain is pouring down, very hard, and very steady. Hope it keeps up, and then moves to Brisbane

We have started a new discipline in our house. We catch the water that normally comes through before it heats up in a bucket, we shower standing in a plastic baby bath to catch the water, we then use it on the garden, it is amazing how it adds up.

Pete

Maybe my bleating initiated the downpour.


Excellent idea Pete. A true grass roots approach.

I certainly hope it comes a lot further north than that.


LOL, seems as though you folks must live in towns. I know you live in the city Justin, but I live in the bush so to speak. No bush, but plenty on dust. I have a grey water tank that all my shower, hand basin and washing water goes into. Normally when it fills up a pump comes on automatically to empty it through a hose that i move around the gardens.. LOL gardens, a few struggling bushes now. But I have been turning it off so that i manually use the water to water special plants that I have and keep the dust down abit around the shed.

Mind you, about another week with no rain and I won't have the privelige of saving that water, as my water tanks will be empty. LOL, I will have to go to Awoonga Dam and have a swim after I catch a barra. Still quite a lot of water in there.

Dorky

Unfortunately, still no rain in Brisbane. It just seems to be raining at the tennis in Melbourne. I hope we don't move into level 5 restrictions.

I guess waterless car products will become popular.

Don't get taken by one of those bloody huge catfish.

Pete

Sorry to hear you Aussies suffering from water shortage while here in Scandinavia
it has been raining and flooding.

I'm with you Cheryl... I, too, am a little frightened over the speed that all these changes are
happening.

Seems that we my be getting some relief in the Eastern states, just when it gets at it's worst, there is a deluge in South Australia and Victoria, which will hopefully keep on moving East.

Pete

Yes, it is STILL raining here since my last post

Was it AussieFox that mentioned that she is showering in a bucket, my mum has been doing
that for quite a number of years now, even before water restrictions were enforced, as I must
say she has been water wise for a number of years now.

We have been living on tank water for just over 4 years now and we certainly know the
difference from when we lived on town water.

In this house hold, no ones flushes the toilet unless you have to after the number 2's. My sister
also saves her water when she first turns the shower on, as apparently it takes nearly 4 litres
for the hot water to come thru. She also survives on tank water as well and has for over
20 years. Me well I quite like the cold water, and my hubby is english, so rarely takes
a shower (just joking).

When we put our house here where we live, yes we did some recycling we bought a removal house
and had it moved to our 4 acres. For some of our overseas visitors to this forum, removal houses
are a way of life especially here in Queensland. Its like going into a car yard to buy a car, except
there are no cars but houses. Ours is a lovely old queenslander, with beautiful plaster ceilings.
When we move to England later this year, I will certainly miss our home.

As I was saying when we put in planing permission to put the house here, our council wouldn't allow
grey water tanks, it was such a shame, but they have finally come to their senses over the years
and are finally allowing them for new applications.

We have a seasonal creek at the back of property, but it only ever has water in it when it rains then
dries up again. We tried to put in a bore a few years ago, but with no success, but after trying down
160ft and all we got was a trickle of very very salty water, we decided to have a dam built. All I can
say is thankgoodness we did, not so much for us, but for the wildlife around here, especially the
kangaroos etc, as they can when ever they want help themselves, as our dam is not fenced in, so they
can have easy access to it anytime, as otherwise they would not have water, as I said because the
creeks around here have been dry a very long time.

Just my little bit.

Have a nice day everyone and we all pray for rain.

Jane

Apparently the monsoon low will weaken by the time it gets to us but hopefully we'll get some storms nonetheless in a few days:
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0...871-953,00.html
Looks like SE QLD might be deprived of a reprieve.

Hang in there Justin, our turn will come, today has been really opressive.

Pete

Wish me luck everyone

Today myself and my husband applied for a job as 'live in' ....whatevers...lol...at a beachfront caravan park at Anglesea (Victoria).

Went today and had a look around, it is so beautiful, overlooking Bass Strait....and a virtual paradise for the kids.
The job comes provided with a house, and no expenses, and full use of all facilities at the Park. My position would be mainly reception and my husbands, security, maintenance etc.

Anyway, lots have applied, so we probably won't get it, but you never know if you don't try.

Oh, forgot to mention, the pay is fantastic too.