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Good morning weather family :)
36mm here this morning, just showers, not any storms or good rain.
Hope it all goes smoothly for you 28, don't think I could do town. Stay safe.
Cheers
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Originally Posted by: FNQ Bunyip 
Good morning weather family :)
36mm here this morning, just showers, not any storms or good rain.
Hope it all goes smoothly for you 28, don't think I could do town. Stay safe.
Cheers
Thanks Bunyip. Not sure how long I'll last... Lol. Short light shower just on dusk yesterday. That was it. Lovely morning. Clear to the east. A couple streaky clouds to the west. And no creepy balloons sneaking over us. 
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Hey 28, have you ever done a balloon ride ? It is just magic and I would do it every week if I won lotto.
Highly recommend going up one day if you can spare the coin.
Sure is a beautiful morning :)
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Radar not showing much but the sky tells a different story...I put out a couple of backpacks of roundup but decided not to push my luck as the sky gets blacker.. Yeah bunyip the balloon riding looks like a a real hoot..!...  https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9lprp2
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Managed to find 5mm in the bottom of the gauge this morning from a bit of Daintree Drizzle overnight..
Scott , that's not the ride I was recommending, and flight of any kind has it's risks, there is just
nothing like a nice early morning floating along in a balloon.
Looks like a nice clear morning for you down at the range, good luck.
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Bunyip don't think you'll catch me on a balloon ride, but wouldn't mind a helicopter.
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lol 28..likewise but no thanks to the chopper as well...
Years back we got chatting to a customer that came by to pick up a load of plants ..he ended up telling us that he has started/bought a balloon ride business at Mareeba...he even offered us to come up for a free ride....the missus was up for it but I declined the offer...its not the adrenaline or danger level but unfortunately I have an irrational fear of heights which makes me quite physically ill...I even get sick on planes..
Shame because as bunyip says it does look quite serene floating along up there..Did you go on the Mareeba balloons Bunyip..?...How long of a ride is it..?
Bit showery this morning but the sun is out now....weatherzone had 40-80 every day next week for us yesterday..today its 40-80 tomorrow and 5-10, 10-20 and 20-40 all the rest of the week....I understand that, of course, it depends on the monsoon trough and whether a low develops and where it goes and how long it hangs around etc but why do they even bother putting out days ahead rainfall numbers when they are happy to change it so drastically each run...its pretty annoying really..
Thought about heading down to try and snare a barra this morning but the drizzly start put me off so I might head up for a bit of 9mm practice after lunch if the day stay this nice..better go and get a bit more roundup out before the wetter days start..
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Beautiful blue sky this morning. That's 18mm in the gauge here in the last 7 days. We're about 175mm down on our Jan/Feb average since 2011 so a wet March would be nice.
I haven't had the experience of riding on a hot air balloon but I did do a bit of travel for work on helicopters in the Torres Strait years ago. A bit of a concern one day when the pilot had to refuel the chopper with 44 gallon drums and a water test kit, great fun otherwise.
Feb: 305.5mm
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