Australian Drought.!!!!
May 20th 2005, 9:33 pm
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Australian Drought.!!!!
Hi,
How are the various people already in Aus. dealing with effects of the much publicised drought..????
Is it effecting your daily life or routine..???
CORKER
How are the various people already in Aus. dealing with effects of the much publicised drought..????
Is it effecting your daily life or routine..???
CORKER
May 20th 2005, 9:57 pm
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
Originally Posted by CORKER
Hi,
How are the various people already in Aus. dealing with effects of the much publicised drought..????
Is it effecting your daily life or routine..???
CORKER
How are the various people already in Aus. dealing with effects of the much publicised drought..????
Is it effecting your daily life or routine..???
CORKER
CORKER
May 20th 2005, 10:00 pm
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
Originally Posted by CORKER
Not many replies....Does this mean that you aren't having any problems with the water supply....
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May 20th 2005, 10:32 pm
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
Wayne .SE Qld has just gone on water restrictions because of the extrememly low water levels in the dams, but its far from just SE Qld thats affected. If the drought continues prices of food like fruit & veg will continue to rise as supply gets shorter. Things like wool quality is affected, meaning that wool products rise in price. Similarly cotton crops fail, so prices rise. Things like sorghum grown for feedlot cattle rise in price which means less export beef which affects balance of payment & trade figures, affecting the economy. The list goes on & on.
Some people think that "drought" just means that you cant water the plants in your gaden, but it has an extremely negative knock-on effect to most of everyday life.
Last edited by MrsDagboy; May 20th 2005 at 10:34 pm.
May 20th 2005, 10:35 pm
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
We've have stage 2 water retrictions since we got here so its the norm to us.
We have had to order water in (we are on tanks) but only twice this year. However what we have noticed is the dryness. It hasn'r rained properly since Feb the 15th and everywhere is totally parched. It also really hurts when you get brought down in footie
We have had to order water in (we are on tanks) but only twice this year. However what we have noticed is the dryness. It hasn'r rained properly since Feb the 15th and everywhere is totally parched. It also really hurts when you get brought down in footie
May 20th 2005, 10:45 pm
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
Originally Posted by wmoore
No it means they're probably still in bed at 8am on a Saturday
DOH !!!!!!!!!!
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May 20th 2005, 11:27 pm
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
Originally Posted by wmoore
No it means they're probably still in bed at 8am on a Saturday
May 20th 2005, 11:30 pm
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It hasn'r rained properly since Feb the 15th and everywhere is totally parched. It also really hurts when you get brought down in footie [/QUOTE]
My son says it's a killer when you get brought down on hard frosty ground Hmm..parched - frosty, parched - frosty. OK, I think we'll go for the parched!
[/QUOTE]My son says it's a killer when you get brought down on hard frosty ground
Hmm..parched - frosty, parched - frosty. OK, I think we'll go for the parched!
May 20th 2005, 11:32 pm
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
Originally Posted by Anne4Terry
It hasn'r rained properly since Feb the 15th and everywhere is totally parched. It also really hurts when you get brought down in footie
My son says it's a killer when you get brought down on hard frosty ground Hmm..parched - frosty, parched - frosty. OK, I think we'll go for the parched!
Hmm..parched - frosty, parched - frosty. OK, I think we'll go for the parched!
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May 20th 2005, 11:46 pm
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
Originally Posted by hevs
We've have stage 2 water retrictions since we got here so its the norm to us.
We have had to order water in (we are on tanks) but only twice this year. However what we have noticed is the dryness. It hasn'r rained properly since Feb the 15th and everywhere is totally parched. It also really hurts when you get brought down in footie
We have had to order water in (we are on tanks) but only twice this year. However what we have noticed is the dryness. It hasn'r rained properly since Feb the 15th and everywhere is totally parched. It also really hurts when you get brought down in footie
May 21st 2005, 3:04 am
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
Originally Posted by The Bloke
No guesses who is suffering from grass burns then!!!!
May 21st 2005, 4:03 am
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
Originally Posted by hevs
a couple of pictures of the in laws farm
one in the summer and the others a couple of days ago, even the creek has water flowing at the mo, in summer it is dry as a bone
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May 21st 2005, 4:32 am
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
May had record rainfall here in Perth/WA.
But there's still below average rainfall predicted for the winter.(I think it's worse in the east and SA)
Dams are at about 20% now I think here in Perth.
Mrs Dagboy has summed it up well. It's mostly the indirect things that are affecting us(of which a lot of us(me, at least), are not very aware.)
But there's still below average rainfall predicted for the winter.(I think it's worse in the east and SA)
Dams are at about 20% now I think here in Perth.
Mrs Dagboy has summed it up well. It's mostly the indirect things that are affecting us(of which a lot of us(me, at least), are not very aware.)
May 21st 2005, 6:32 am
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
It is not all economic pain
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...5/s1373901.htm
Drought's mental health impact worries leaders
By Louise Yaxley for AM
Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson is warning Australia's farmers against trying to tough out the psychological impact of the drought without assistance.
Mr Anderson and Prime Minister John Howard yesterday toured drought-stricken areas of western New South Wales.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems...5/s1373901.htm
Drought's mental health impact worries leaders
By Louise Yaxley for AM
Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson is warning Australia's farmers against trying to tough out the psychological impact of the drought without assistance.
Mr Anderson and Prime Minister John Howard yesterday toured drought-stricken areas of western New South Wales.
May 21st 2005, 7:29 am
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Re: Australian Drought.!!!!
Last night on the news, it showed a real quick report about snow in Brisbane. We had not seen it since. What happened? How rare is this?
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