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Title: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: McGirr on August 09, 2013, 04:26:46 PM

Just for the Mexicans who are cold.  ;D ;D

Palm Cove today. Just Perfect.
 
Mark
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Swannie on August 09, 2013, 04:31:02 PM
P*ss offffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff :)
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: The Caseys on August 09, 2013, 04:33:55 PM
Hasn't changed from when we were there last weekend.  Problem though you can't see the 27degrees that goes with the picture.  Oh well, that paradise for you.

Tina Casey
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: berlitza on August 09, 2013, 04:36:07 PM
Here in Mexico is  a fine and dandy 26 degrees, not sure what it's like outside   :D
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Tjupurula on August 09, 2013, 04:37:26 PM
Hasn't changed from when we were there last weekend.  Problem though you can't see the 27degrees that goes with the picture.  Oh well, that paradise for you.

Tina Casey

Blimey, 27 degrees during te day, that is still too cold.
Tjupurula
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: brickiematt on August 09, 2013, 04:45:37 PM
Bah! Paradise is such an overrated term these days!
We're currently basking in a lovely 11 degrees,  with the wind chill it feels like 6.5, and jts only just stopped raining for the first time today.
So you can have your 27 degrees, clear blue skies, white sandy beaches and clear water, cos there's nowhere id rather be.......... :-\ :'( :'(
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: staghornflat on August 09, 2013, 04:46:57 PM
what you dont think this is paradise
Wet & 9*c
Title: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Marcus73 on August 09, 2013, 05:17:53 PM
P*ss offffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff :)

That's the polite way of saying what I was thinking ;)


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Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: McGirr on August 09, 2013, 05:22:04 PM

Sorry if there is too much blue in the picture  ;D ;D ;D

Mark
Title: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Marcus73 on August 09, 2013, 05:23:19 PM
And again with Swannie's reply!
At least we won't be getting a drought in Tassie anytime soon


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Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: GeoffA on August 09, 2013, 05:37:55 PM
Try this again in cyclone season, Mark......... ;D ;D

Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Symon on August 09, 2013, 05:41:30 PM
Yeah, we'll see who is laughing when it is 40 deg and 90% humidity up there....
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: fuji on August 09, 2013, 06:33:54 PM
Cairns doesn't get to 40, if it did all the tourists would be down here and we dont want that. Hey Mark, I'll be in Lorella Springs in 10 days and then we'll see who's laughing. :D ;D
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: KingBilly on August 09, 2013, 06:36:51 PM
Yep, Palm Cove one of the nicest beaches up there, or at least it used to be when we lived there.  Probably changed a bit in the last 22 years.

Enjoy my friend, enjoy  :cheers:

KB
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Bill on August 09, 2013, 07:08:08 PM
Yep, Palm Cove one of the nicest beaches up there, or at least it used to be when we lived there.  Probably changed a bit in the last 22 years.

Enjoy my friend, enjoy  :cheers:

KB
As far as I'm concerned it is still the nicest place up here.
Bill
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Paul (SA) on August 09, 2013, 07:19:10 PM
Just for the Mexicans who are cold.  ;D ;D

Palm Cove today. Just Perfect.
 
Mark

Is that a box jelly in there - or one of those irukandji I can see?

Better get your panty hose on if you want to go for a swim....
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: muzza01 on August 09, 2013, 07:38:45 PM
I was reminising about living down south last night I was on the ride-on wearing shorts and singlet at 6pm last night.  I was thinking firstly it used to get dark down there at 5pm so I wouldnt be able to mow and secondly there is no way I would be wearing singlet and shorts.

Hey you guys down south, dont feel too bad, we are currently in a cold snap up here for our overnight temperatures at the moment.  Could get down to 15 or 16 degrees tonight brrrrrr.  But yes; this is paradise; 26,27 or 28 degrees every day our high for the next couple of months. ;D
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: GeoffA on August 09, 2013, 07:40:36 PM
.........But yes; this is paradise; 26,27 or 28 degrees every day our high for the next couple of months. ;D

......then it all turns to brown stuff....... ;D ;D
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: muzza01 on August 09, 2013, 09:10:12 PM
No still good weather then too.  Here is a table from the BOM on Cairns listing the monthly average, high, low and rainfall.


Statistics   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec
Mean maximum temperature (°C)
               31.4   31.2   30.6   29.2   27.6   26.0   25.7   26.6   28.1   29.5   30.6   31.4   
Mean minimum temperature (°C)
               23.7   23.8   23.1   21.6   19.9   17.8   17.1   17.4   18.7   20.6   22.3   23.4   
Mean rainfall (mm)
                395   450   424   195   91   45    29     27     33     46    93    178








Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Mace on August 09, 2013, 10:04:02 PM
Fair dinkum, you northerners are suffering from heat stroke if you reckon the definition of paradise is living your entire life above 20 degrees C.

You can always put on more layers to keep warm, but there's only so far you can go if your suffering from heat stroke.

And, there are four seasons in a year (six according to some koorie clans), and we make sure we make use of all of them!
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: McGirr on August 09, 2013, 11:59:25 PM
Yeah, we'll see who is laughing when it is 40 deg and 90% humidity up there....

That's why we drink more  :cheers: to keep the fluids up.


Cairns doesn't get to 40, if it did all the tourists would be down here and we dont want that. Hey Mark, I'll be in Lorella Springs in 10 days and then we'll see who's laughing. :D ;D

Mate it did this year for a few days. You will like Lorella it's a great spot to enjoy and tackle some tracks.

Mark
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Malcolm Tugless on August 10, 2013, 05:40:47 AM
Its 5:30 am, and whilst its only about 9° C at the moment, the morning sun will caress and warm the new born day. Later this morning the temperature will lift to, and stay at around 22-23° C. The crisp morning air is refreshing, I enjoy this time of day ... sitting with a cup of tea I await the rising sun ... as the predawn approaches, my morning ritual unfolds ... with surfboard under arm, I take the short walk towards the sea and cleans my soul in her loving arms.

If I tried that in FNQ, I'd get tangled in box jellyfish before eventually getting masticated by a crocodile ... no thanks.
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Garfish on August 10, 2013, 06:14:34 AM


And, there are four seasons in a year (six according to some koorie clans), and we make sure we make use of all of them!
And that was only for yesterday's weather ????
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: muzza01 on August 10, 2013, 06:19:17 AM
Easier with two seasons, wet or dry season.
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: McGirr on August 10, 2013, 10:41:09 AM

More Teasers of Palm Cove  ;D

Mark
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: xcvator on August 10, 2013, 11:12:40 AM
Geeze McGirr, I thought you were are nice person  :angel: but sheesh the smell of that brown stuff on your arms is pretty baaaaad, actually I think it's all over you  ;D
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: crackacoldie on August 10, 2013, 11:15:03 AM
I was reminising about living down south last night I was on the ride-on wearing shorts and singlet at 6pm last night.  I was thinking firstly it used to get dark down there at 5pm so I wouldnt be able to mow and secondly there is no way I would be wearing singlet and shorts.

Hey you guys down south, dont feel too bad, we are currently in a cold snap up here for our overnight temperatures at the moment.  Could get down to 15 or 16 degrees tonight brrrrrr.  But yes; this is paradise; 26,27 or 28 degrees every day our high for the next couple of months. ;D
And I thought you were a nice bloke Muzz.  Perfect weather for drinking Fortified wine down here at the moment though.  Gets warm from the inside.

 :cheers: Cracka
Title: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Marcus73 on August 10, 2013, 01:39:18 PM
Its 5:30 am, and whilst its only about 9° C at the moment, the morning sun will caress and warm the new born day. Later this morning the temperature will lift to, and stay at around 22-23° C. The crisp morning air is refreshing, I enjoy this time of day ... sitting with a cup of tea I await the rising sun ... as the predawn approaches, my morning ritual unfolds ... with surfboard under arm, I take the short walk towards the sea and cleans my soul in her loving arms.

If I tried that in FNQ, I'd get tangled in box jellyfish before eventually getting masticated by a crocodile ... no thanks.

9 degrees crisp?
I'm pretty sure that was about our max yesterday  :)


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Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Tjupurula on August 10, 2013, 01:49:22 PM
Its 5:30 am, and whilst its only about 9° C at the moment, the morning sun will caress and warm the new born day. Later this morning the temperature will lift to, and stay at around 22-23° C. The crisp morning air is refreshing, I enjoy this time of day ... sitting with a cup of tea I await the rising sun ... as the predawn approaches, my morning ritual unfolds ... with surfboard under arm, I take the short walk towards the sea and cleans my soul in her loving arms.

If I tried that in FNQ, I'd get tangled in box jellyfish before eventually getting masticated by a crocodile ... no thanks.

Crocodiles, sharks, stingrays, jellyfish........I know why I love the desert so much....you can have the salt water to yourself, you go swimming and you become dinner.
Tjupurula
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: KieranR on August 10, 2013, 01:57:21 PM
Yep, I love living in NQ, have done the majority of my life, the only other place My wife and I would prefer to live is Karratha!
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Tjupurula on August 10, 2013, 01:59:50 PM
Yep, I love living in NQ, have done the majority of my life, the only other place My wife and I would prefer to live is Karratha!

Napanangka likes Karatha as well, as the Intjibundi people there are nice people, when they out of town (Ngurawanna Community, near Millstream National Park).
Regards
Tjupurula
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Kit_e_kat9 on August 10, 2013, 03:02:18 PM
Its 5:30 am, and whilst its only about 9° C at the moment, the morning sun will caress and warm the new born day. Later this morning the temperature will lift to, and stay at around 22-23° C. The crisp morning air is refreshing, I enjoy this time of day ... sitting with a cup of tea I await the rising sun ... as the predawn approaches, my morning ritual unfolds ... with surfboard under arm, I take the short walk towards the sea and cleans my soul in her loving arms.

If I tried that in FNQ, I'd get tangled in box jellyfish before eventually getting masticated by a crocodile ... no thanks.

I'm with you Malcolm ...

... minus the 0530 start (prefer 0900 myself unless we are off camping that day), the tea (prefer coffee myself), the predawn (what is that exactly??), the surfboard and the ocean (country girl) ...

Kit_e

Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: crackacoldie on August 10, 2013, 04:02:13 PM
Crocodiles, sharks, stingrays, jellyfish........I know why I love the desert so much....you can have the salt water to yourself, you go swimming and you become dinner.
Tjupurula

I was just over the border from you this week TJ and the weather up your neck of the woods is near perfect at the moment!
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Bill on August 10, 2013, 04:04:46 PM
Was so warm working on Rocky in the shed today that I had to turn on the air conditioner...
Bill
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: Paul (SA) on August 10, 2013, 04:15:49 PM
No still good weather then too.  Here is a table from the BOM on Cairns listing the monthly average, high, low and rainfall.


Statistics   Jan   Feb   Mar   Apr   May   Jun   Jul   Aug   Sep   Oct   Nov   Dec
Mean maximum temperature (°C)
               31.4   31.2   30.6   29.2   27.6   26.0   25.7   26.6   28.1   29.5   30.6   31.4   
Mean minimum temperature (°C)
               23.7   23.8   23.1   21.6   19.9   17.8   17.1   17.4   18.7   20.6   22.3   23.4   
Mean rainfall (mm)
                395   450   424   195   91   45    29     27     33     46    93    178

No mention of humidity here..... fair dinkum a bloke sweats in the shower at Christmas time up there.
Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: muzza01 on August 10, 2013, 05:19:16 PM
No mention of humidity here..... fair dinkum a bloke sweats in the shower at Christmas time up there.

Fair point Paul. I should have inputted the humidity as well. 

   Jan     Feb     Mar       Apr     May     Jun             Jul      Aug   Sep     Oct         Nov    Dec      Annual      
Mean maximum temperature (°C)
       31.4    31.2   30.6      29.2   27.6           26.0    25.7     26.6   28.1    29.5       30.6    31.4       29.0   
Mean minimum temperature (°C)
        23.7    23.8   23.1       21.6   19.9           17.8     17.1     17.4   18.7    20.6   22.3    23.4       20.8      
Mean rainfall (mm)
       395.3 450.6     424.2    195.1    91.4   45.3           29.5      27.0   33.7   46.6          93.8   178.8           2013.0   
Mean 9am relative humidity (%)
        75    78             78        78   76            74            72      70            66    65           68   70               72
Mean 3pm relative humidity (%)      
   66    69             67        65   64             61            58       56    55    57           60   62               62      

Title: Re: Why We Live in Paradise
Post by: KieranR on August 10, 2013, 05:30:26 PM
Napanangka likes Karatha as well, as the Intjibundi people there are nice people, when they out of town (Ngurawanna Community, near Millstream National Park).
Regards
Tjupurula

We fell in love with the place TJ.  We were either always out in the bush or out in the boat.  Gregory's gorge is one of our favourite places out near millstream.  Not sure of the aboriginal name of the gorge or if it has one.

Awesome place & wished we were still living there