wmoore

Well it is the wet season, though we haven't really seen much of the monsoon rains yet. We had a bit of a shower pass over Darwin this aft. Mrs M took this pic from our balcony.

micmay3_in_oz

Nice piccie If our day is anything to go by I think they may be working their way up to you from the central QLD coast. Rained all day and everything is bloomin wet but I ain't complaining.

Mx

wmoore

This was literally just a shower - though showers here tend to be bloody heavy. It passed over in about 20-30 mins but not until it rumbled a bit and flashed some lightning about. We're in a large low pressure zone at the moment and there's a chance of a cyclone this weekend

iPom

Wow, that's fabulous.

It looks like this outside our place right now, so you're not the only one with rain...



No monsoon here though... just grey drizzle. (Should keep the folk in the UK happy, right? )

wanderingwombat

Just had a gentle sprinkle pass through Cairns

WW

iPom

Keep your personal habits to yourself!

wanderingwombat

I try but it's all out in the gutter now Megalitres of the stuff

I've got to go and collect 2 people and dont if I should take the car or the boat!

WW

iPom

Just a pair of gumboots should do it, and a shot gun for the water snakes.

Bix

Clapping thunder, dazzling lightening, torrential heavy rain.

Wonder when the wet season will arrive

Ooooooo.....just seen a car go buy with a sail on his roof.
Wondering if it's the Wombat.

thewoodz

Hi All
I don't live there so i can't comment, and i love the piccies. But we are seriously looking at Cairns to live in.
Now I know hot and humid is great on holiday but how debilitating is it to live and work in?
I know every one is different but i would really love anyones personal experience
REgards
Nicky

wanderingwombat

I felt quiet safe driving with the lifejacket on

I dont know how you could have seen me Bix with the vis the way it was!

The thought of rigging just jib and main did cross my mind. The spinnaker would have needed a someone up the pointy end.

The trip out to Cairns' new flying boat base was in vane. The other half left soggy Townsville to come home but has returned to Townsville due to the storm

Oh well.

WW

wanderingwombat

Search the forum on Cairns.

You adjust quite quickly. Obviously it is easier to acclimatise if you arrive for autumn (I think we have one??). You also the best weather for the greater part of the year. The wet is just different.

Houses & cars are AC'd.

WW

Bix

Sorry to hear that
I understand Townsville is officially cut off.

Bix

Aye Nicky. It is very surprising how quickly you acclimatise.
After the first year it's not the same again.

No-one ever acclimatises to the real heavy humidity but you learn to live with it for the short time it's here.

You get to the stage where anything below 25 is getting nippy

Cairns has one of the most constant temperature ranges in Aus. It doesn't swing about a lot from day to day.

Depends what your work is but if it's indoors almost certainly there will be AC.

wanderingwombat

Apparently having done laps around Trinity Bay for a while waiting for the storm to abate, the pilot decided to return to Townsville to refuel.

She's about to reboard and try again.

Hopefully they'll take off before the storm hits Townsville. A least the weather radar for Townsville looks better at the mo.

WW