A couple of heavier showers here last night, 14mm in the gauge this morning. We're approaching our 15 year April average of 235mm. The cooler weather is very enjoyable at present.

Apr: 219mm
YTD: 1803.5mm

15mm overnight, doesn’t look like the showers are going away any time soon Bunyip. SE stream showers until the Show?

54mm at the new El Arish weather station..79 in Tully.


SM wasnt your forecast for drier days ahead...

damn its soggy down here and most nights and mornings we are getting showers but with random showers anytime really...The 10 day charts are showing the typical large slow moving high setups that we expect this time of year with plenty of showery weather on the back of the constant Sou-easters....

www.weatherzone.com.au/models/charts

I think I say it every year but I'll say it again...man, I hate this weather..!...The dogs spend the days sooking on the beds or couch wistfully looking out the windows ...they get feet and skin issues with the constant wet so only venture outside to pee or rarely if they are feeling frisky when the sun puts in an appearance...

Best for all to say Yes sir, No sir if questioned by a QLD cop with an itchy trigger finger...!..It sure would be interesting to watch a Glock turn fully auto....bit of kick being .40 calibre though so probably flocks of cockatoos woiuld be most at risk..

edit.....www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/apr/23/queensland-police-gun-recall-qps-glock


I used to have a 5-6 kva genny and it was noisy and chewed through the fuel so downsized to a Honda 2.2kva...such a nice little genny but I mainly use it to around the property if I need to use power tools and sometimes a leaf blower or pressure washer for paths and shadehouses...same deal as Bunyip though ..its surprising what it will run in the household during blackouts ..I'm not as conservative as weary..a bit of a warm up and then everything gets plugged into the power boards and away she goes.

Hey Bunyip I didnt realise you had FNQ pioneer heritage...it sure would have been exciting times back in the day up there... I'm sure many a miner came to town after slaving away washing dirt with a pocket full of gold and then scrurried back to the mine when it run out.. sure would have been good times while it lasted though wouldnt it ..at least if you didnt get rolled in the street for that pocketfull of gold anyway....!!

Edited by user Friday, 24 April 2026 5:33:23 PM(UTC)  | Reason: Sorry bout dat..!..post correct links..

12mm here this morning. It's been a nice day in Cairns for Anzac Day, no rain so far in White Rock and a nice cool breeze. Lots of sunshine too.

I agree, it's better if a police gun fires too many bullets than none at all.

Apr: 250.5mm
YTD: 1835mm

Well looks like I'll be listening to SM and not FB for my weather from now on...

Spot on mate the last few days have been quite magnificent...it would be nice for the soggy ground to begin to dry out a little..

So whats on the cards for the rest of the week..?.Weatherzone has showers every day for us down Tully way...I hope thats not right..

Slow day at the range on saturday..due to anzac day i suppose and no matchs scheduled...i prefer it quiet anyway...I havent been there much lately which makes it more obvious to see my improvement...Wow this dryfire stuff really does work wonders when done in a methodical and disciplined way each day...a lot of it is very repetative and just focuses on hand-eye co-ordination and muscle memory..I also do all my drills 2 handed as well as strong hand and weak hand only ...I hardly ever seeing anyone shooting or training with the left hand and it always drags down the scores in matches even though only a small part of the matchs are shot with the weak hand....But i do Wish i had my 18 year old body and mind again though it would no doubt be happening so much quicker..

and yeah i hadnt looked at it that way but yeah a fully auto Glock is probably just what most of these cops need if they are to regularly hit anything...its a bit scary that the majority of them only actually shoot or practice once a year..

Definately Blanky nights down here since the skies cleared up though...

Well just 3 mm in my gauge this morning.

Radar shows more showers off the coast and a stiff breeze with them.

Off up to the area west of Musgrave on Friday for a couple of nights I think
just got to sort out what vehicle to take, Mrs is very protective of her
Jimny :)



Cheers

It's a battle Weary :)

Picked up 36mm this morning , cold showers and a very cool stiff breeze.


Cheers

Yeah its a battle alright...

Backed up on most jobs around here and the old backs been giving me curry so i finally relented and went and got cracked by the chiropractor which has sorted out the constant nerve pain for now....best $70 I,ve spent in a while..

Anyway have fun on your trip bunyip..it would be nice to get away from these crappy days for a bit I'd imagine..

Never heard how Ron's Hinchi trip went...?..I guess if he got into a few metery's we owuld have heard about it though I think the period he went down there for was a crappy tide week...I've never had much luck when there has been not much run down there ...Still an unreal place at any time if you defend yourself from the midgies..