In the sunshine
Dec 13th 2004, 3:14 pm
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In the sunshine
Looks like the beauitful Sydney summer is in full swing once more. Good to kmow that after a long working week, the newly arrived POM refugees can rely on guarenteed sunshine for a day at the beach. As many dreamers have proclaimed before "who needs decent TV when you have all that glorious sunshine." I reckon that summer on the East coast is just like on the Greek Islands.
Anyway heres a taster of what you lucky POMS can look forward to on a typical Sydney day on the beach.
Hell unleashed in raging torrent
By Justin Norrie, Nicholas Calacouras and Neil McMahon
December 14, 2004
A draining experience ... a car stranded by floodwaters in the M5 East tunnel near the airport following the freak series of storms yesterday.
Photo: Nick Moir
Freak storms that swept Sydney and the east coast yesterday left one man dead, closed three airports and battered passenger jets with hail as big as fists.
In an eerie calm before the deluge, Sydney's west was blanketed in a brilliant light as the sun poked through two angry-looking cloudfronts. Then, just before 4pm, hell struck.
In the next two hours, heaving storms tore through the south of Sydney and out to the coast, dumping 17 millimetres of rain over the city, throwing traffic and public transport into chaos and turning one freeway into a raging river. Bedlam rained down the coast from as far north as Brisbane to Canberra.
An analyst of severe weather at the Bureau of Meteorology, James Taylor, said the storms were whipped up as a low-pressure trough over NSW sucked moisture down from the north of the state, creating extremely unstable conditions.
Last night, Qantas engineers were checking six aircraft for damage after hail shut down Sydney Airport for more than an hour. Storms also closed the airports in Canberra and Brisbane.
A spokeswoman for VirginBlue said three of its Boeing 737s had been grounded due to damage both carriers said any passengers affected would be flown on other services today.
"There will be minor delays at worst," said the spokesman for Qantas, Michael Sharpe.
He estimated the damage was minor, but said public safety necessitated caution.
The State Emergency Service responded to more than 200 calls, mostly between Campbell-town and Sutherland, for damaged roofs and flash flooding. However, a spokeswoman for the service said the clean-up as "modest by our standards".
A ceiling collapsed at a preschool in Hurstville and there was some damage to a factory roof in Canterbury.
Torrential rain left one man dead in an accident on the M5 and cars tyre-deep in floodwater. The floods also closed the CityRail line between Thirroul and Waterfall, and Hornsby and Gosford.
A male truck driver was killed in a pile-up with three cars and another truck near Henry Lawson Drive at Liverpool just after 4pm.
Another male driver was takento Royal North Shore in a critical condition after his car ran into a power pole on Mona Vale Road in St Ives moments earlier.
A yachtsman in the Rolex Trophy regatta injured his leg when he was washed overboard as strong winds whipped up seas near Sydney Heads.
Tim Wiseman, 31, was rushed back to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia where an ambulance was waiting.
EnergyAustralia said several thousand homes were without power in Balgowlah and Manly Vale, and at Umina, on the Central Coast, during the afternoon due to storm damage. And a spokeswoman for Integral Energy said about 4000 homes in the south of Sydney had lost power briefly. Storms also knocked out power to up to 40,000 homes and unroofed a number of houses in the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast areas.
In north-western NSW, a natural disaster has been declared as residents and business owners start mopping up after heavy floods which swamped the area on Friday.
The Emergency Services Minister, Tony Kelly, said the declaration covered the Narrabri, Gunnedah, Moree Plains, Gwydir and Liverpool Plains local government areas, and triggered a range of assistance, including financial aid for residents and councils.
The State Emergency Service said there was still localised flooding but waters were receding in most areas.
The town of Wee Waa was no longer isolated and people evacuated in the Narrabri area were returning to their homes, a spokesman said. About 270 properties remained isolated.
Les Kennedy writes: A policeman is feared drowned after a scuba diving trip off one of Sydney's historic shipwrecks yesterday ended in his disappearance.
Sergeant Eddie Van Putten, who is attached to Penrith Police Station, had taken the day off with four other police officer colleagues to dive on the wreck of the clipper Dunbar, south of The Gap at the South Head entrance to Port Jackson. The alarm was raised after the 50-year-old officer failed returned to the dive boat. Searchers found Sergeant Van Putten's flippers before their efforts were called off yesterday
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...87018301.html#
Anyway heres a taster of what you lucky POMS can look forward to on a typical Sydney day on the beach.
Hell unleashed in raging torrent
By Justin Norrie, Nicholas Calacouras and Neil McMahon
December 14, 2004
A draining experience ... a car stranded by floodwaters in the M5 East tunnel near the airport following the freak series of storms yesterday.
Photo: Nick Moir
Freak storms that swept Sydney and the east coast yesterday left one man dead, closed three airports and battered passenger jets with hail as big as fists.
In an eerie calm before the deluge, Sydney's west was blanketed in a brilliant light as the sun poked through two angry-looking cloudfronts. Then, just before 4pm, hell struck.
In the next two hours, heaving storms tore through the south of Sydney and out to the coast, dumping 17 millimetres of rain over the city, throwing traffic and public transport into chaos and turning one freeway into a raging river. Bedlam rained down the coast from as far north as Brisbane to Canberra.
An analyst of severe weather at the Bureau of Meteorology, James Taylor, said the storms were whipped up as a low-pressure trough over NSW sucked moisture down from the north of the state, creating extremely unstable conditions.
Last night, Qantas engineers were checking six aircraft for damage after hail shut down Sydney Airport for more than an hour. Storms also closed the airports in Canberra and Brisbane.
A spokeswoman for VirginBlue said three of its Boeing 737s had been grounded due to damage both carriers said any passengers affected would be flown on other services today.
"There will be minor delays at worst," said the spokesman for Qantas, Michael Sharpe.
He estimated the damage was minor, but said public safety necessitated caution.
The State Emergency Service responded to more than 200 calls, mostly between Campbell-town and Sutherland, for damaged roofs and flash flooding. However, a spokeswoman for the service said the clean-up as "modest by our standards".
A ceiling collapsed at a preschool in Hurstville and there was some damage to a factory roof in Canterbury.
Torrential rain left one man dead in an accident on the M5 and cars tyre-deep in floodwater. The floods also closed the CityRail line between Thirroul and Waterfall, and Hornsby and Gosford.
A male truck driver was killed in a pile-up with three cars and another truck near Henry Lawson Drive at Liverpool just after 4pm.
Another male driver was takento Royal North Shore in a critical condition after his car ran into a power pole on Mona Vale Road in St Ives moments earlier.
A yachtsman in the Rolex Trophy regatta injured his leg when he was washed overboard as strong winds whipped up seas near Sydney Heads.
Tim Wiseman, 31, was rushed back to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia where an ambulance was waiting.
EnergyAustralia said several thousand homes were without power in Balgowlah and Manly Vale, and at Umina, on the Central Coast, during the afternoon due to storm damage. And a spokeswoman for Integral Energy said about 4000 homes in the south of Sydney had lost power briefly. Storms also knocked out power to up to 40,000 homes and unroofed a number of houses in the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast areas.
In north-western NSW, a natural disaster has been declared as residents and business owners start mopping up after heavy floods which swamped the area on Friday.
The Emergency Services Minister, Tony Kelly, said the declaration covered the Narrabri, Gunnedah, Moree Plains, Gwydir and Liverpool Plains local government areas, and triggered a range of assistance, including financial aid for residents and councils.
The State Emergency Service said there was still localised flooding but waters were receding in most areas.
The town of Wee Waa was no longer isolated and people evacuated in the Narrabri area were returning to their homes, a spokesman said. About 270 properties remained isolated.
Les Kennedy writes: A policeman is feared drowned after a scuba diving trip off one of Sydney's historic shipwrecks yesterday ended in his disappearance.
Sergeant Eddie Van Putten, who is attached to Penrith Police Station, had taken the day off with four other police officer colleagues to dive on the wreck of the clipper Dunbar, south of The Gap at the South Head entrance to Port Jackson. The alarm was raised after the 50-year-old officer failed returned to the dive boat. Searchers found Sergeant Van Putten's flippers before their efforts were called off yesterday
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...87018301.html#
Last edited by eatstatic; Dec 13th 2004 at 3:17 pm.
Dec 13th 2004, 3:22 pm
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Re: In the sunshine
Cancel the visa, refund the flight money, The Voice Of Reason has spoken 
Dec 13th 2004, 3:34 pm
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Joined: Apr 2004
Location: Gold Coast - just like Felixstowe
Posts: 2,454
Re: In the sunshine
Damn, I've missed you Kong.
Paul.
Paul.
Dec 13th 2004, 3:39 pm
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Joined: Aug 2003
Posts: 8,147
Re: In the sunshine
NNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You mean my pommie-dreamer-sunshine-24/7-365daysayear is just a dream!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
OMG.........................Im never gonna get over this!! How could you shatter my dreams????
You mean my pommie-dreamer-sunshine-24/7-365daysayear is just a dream!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
OMG.........................Im never gonna get over this!! How could you shatter my dreams????
Dec 13th 2004, 3:51 pm
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you lookin at me?
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Re: In the sunshine
Originally Posted by eatstatic
Looks like the beauitful Sydney summer is in full swing once more. Good to kmow that after a long working week, the newly arrived POM refugees can rely on guarenteed sunshine for a day at the beach. As many dreamers have proclaimed before "who needs decent TV when you have all that glorious sunshine." I reckon that summer on the East coast is just like on the Greek Islands.
Anyway heres a taster of what you lucky POMS can look forward to on a typical Sydney day on the beach.
Hell unleashed in raging torrent
By Justin Norrie, Nicholas Calacouras and Neil McMahon
December 14, 2004
A draining experience ... a car stranded by floodwaters in the M5 East tunnel near the airport following the freak series of storms yesterday.
Photo: Nick Moir
Freak storms that swept Sydney and the east coast yesterday left one man dead, closed three airports and battered passenger jets with hail as big as fists.
In an eerie calm before the deluge, Sydney's west was blanketed in a brilliant light as the sun poked through two angry-looking cloudfronts. Then, just before 4pm, hell struck.
In the next two hours, heaving storms tore through the south of Sydney and out to the coast, dumping 17 millimetres of rain over the city, throwing traffic and public transport into chaos and turning one freeway into a raging river. Bedlam rained down the coast from as far north as Brisbane to Canberra.
An analyst of severe weather at the Bureau of Meteorology, James Taylor, said the storms were whipped up as a low-pressure trough over NSW sucked moisture down from the north of the state, creating extremely unstable conditions.
Last night, Qantas engineers were checking six aircraft for damage after hail shut down Sydney Airport for more than an hour. Storms also closed the airports in Canberra and Brisbane.
A spokeswoman for VirginBlue said three of its Boeing 737s had been grounded due to damage both carriers said any passengers affected would be flown on other services today.
"There will be minor delays at worst," said the spokesman for Qantas, Michael Sharpe.
He estimated the damage was minor, but said public safety necessitated caution.
The State Emergency Service responded to more than 200 calls, mostly between Campbell-town and Sutherland, for damaged roofs and flash flooding. However, a spokeswoman for the service said the clean-up as "modest by our standards".
A ceiling collapsed at a preschool in Hurstville and there was some damage to a factory roof in Canterbury.
Torrential rain left one man dead in an accident on the M5 and cars tyre-deep in floodwater. The floods also closed the CityRail line between Thirroul and Waterfall, and Hornsby and Gosford.
A male truck driver was killed in a pile-up with three cars and another truck near Henry Lawson Drive at Liverpool just after 4pm.
Another male driver was takento Royal North Shore in a critical condition after his car ran into a power pole on Mona Vale Road in St Ives moments earlier.
A yachtsman in the Rolex Trophy regatta injured his leg when he was washed overboard as strong winds whipped up seas near Sydney Heads.
Tim Wiseman, 31, was rushed back to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia where an ambulance was waiting.
EnergyAustralia said several thousand homes were without power in Balgowlah and Manly Vale, and at Umina, on the Central Coast, during the afternoon due to storm damage. And a spokeswoman for Integral Energy said about 4000 homes in the south of Sydney had lost power briefly. Storms also knocked out power to up to 40,000 homes and unroofed a number of houses in the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast areas.
In north-western NSW, a natural disaster has been declared as residents and business owners start mopping up after heavy floods which swamped the area on Friday.
The Emergency Services Minister, Tony Kelly, said the declaration covered the Narrabri, Gunnedah, Moree Plains, Gwydir and Liverpool Plains local government areas, and triggered a range of assistance, including financial aid for residents and councils.
The State Emergency Service said there was still localised flooding but waters were receding in most areas.
The town of Wee Waa was no longer isolated and people evacuated in the Narrabri area were returning to their homes, a spokesman said. About 270 properties remained isolated.
Les Kennedy writes: A policeman is feared drowned after a scuba diving trip off one of Sydney's historic shipwrecks yesterday ended in his disappearance.
Sergeant Eddie Van Putten, who is attached to Penrith Police Station, had taken the day off with four other police officer colleagues to dive on the wreck of the clipper Dunbar, south of The Gap at the South Head entrance to Port Jackson. The alarm was raised after the 50-year-old officer failed returned to the dive boat. Searchers found Sergeant Van Putten's flippers before their efforts were called off yesterday
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...87018301.html#
Anyway heres a taster of what you lucky POMS can look forward to on a typical Sydney day on the beach.
Hell unleashed in raging torrent
By Justin Norrie, Nicholas Calacouras and Neil McMahon
December 14, 2004
A draining experience ... a car stranded by floodwaters in the M5 East tunnel near the airport following the freak series of storms yesterday.
Photo: Nick Moir
Freak storms that swept Sydney and the east coast yesterday left one man dead, closed three airports and battered passenger jets with hail as big as fists.
In an eerie calm before the deluge, Sydney's west was blanketed in a brilliant light as the sun poked through two angry-looking cloudfronts. Then, just before 4pm, hell struck.
In the next two hours, heaving storms tore through the south of Sydney and out to the coast, dumping 17 millimetres of rain over the city, throwing traffic and public transport into chaos and turning one freeway into a raging river. Bedlam rained down the coast from as far north as Brisbane to Canberra.
An analyst of severe weather at the Bureau of Meteorology, James Taylor, said the storms were whipped up as a low-pressure trough over NSW sucked moisture down from the north of the state, creating extremely unstable conditions.
Last night, Qantas engineers were checking six aircraft for damage after hail shut down Sydney Airport for more than an hour. Storms also closed the airports in Canberra and Brisbane.
A spokeswoman for VirginBlue said three of its Boeing 737s had been grounded due to damage both carriers said any passengers affected would be flown on other services today.
"There will be minor delays at worst," said the spokesman for Qantas, Michael Sharpe.
He estimated the damage was minor, but said public safety necessitated caution.
The State Emergency Service responded to more than 200 calls, mostly between Campbell-town and Sutherland, for damaged roofs and flash flooding. However, a spokeswoman for the service said the clean-up as "modest by our standards".
A ceiling collapsed at a preschool in Hurstville and there was some damage to a factory roof in Canterbury.
Torrential rain left one man dead in an accident on the M5 and cars tyre-deep in floodwater. The floods also closed the CityRail line between Thirroul and Waterfall, and Hornsby and Gosford.
A male truck driver was killed in a pile-up with three cars and another truck near Henry Lawson Drive at Liverpool just after 4pm.
Another male driver was takento Royal North Shore in a critical condition after his car ran into a power pole on Mona Vale Road in St Ives moments earlier.
A yachtsman in the Rolex Trophy regatta injured his leg when he was washed overboard as strong winds whipped up seas near Sydney Heads.
Tim Wiseman, 31, was rushed back to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia where an ambulance was waiting.
EnergyAustralia said several thousand homes were without power in Balgowlah and Manly Vale, and at Umina, on the Central Coast, during the afternoon due to storm damage. And a spokeswoman for Integral Energy said about 4000 homes in the south of Sydney had lost power briefly. Storms also knocked out power to up to 40,000 homes and unroofed a number of houses in the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast areas.
In north-western NSW, a natural disaster has been declared as residents and business owners start mopping up after heavy floods which swamped the area on Friday.
The Emergency Services Minister, Tony Kelly, said the declaration covered the Narrabri, Gunnedah, Moree Plains, Gwydir and Liverpool Plains local government areas, and triggered a range of assistance, including financial aid for residents and councils.
The State Emergency Service said there was still localised flooding but waters were receding in most areas.
The town of Wee Waa was no longer isolated and people evacuated in the Narrabri area were returning to their homes, a spokesman said. About 270 properties remained isolated.
Les Kennedy writes: A policeman is feared drowned after a scuba diving trip off one of Sydney's historic shipwrecks yesterday ended in his disappearance.
Sergeant Eddie Van Putten, who is attached to Penrith Police Station, had taken the day off with four other police officer colleagues to dive on the wreck of the clipper Dunbar, south of The Gap at the South Head entrance to Port Jackson. The alarm was raised after the 50-year-old officer failed returned to the dive boat. Searchers found Sergeant Van Putten's flippers before their efforts were called off yesterday
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...87018301.html#
"STOP PRESS" It rains in Australia!! oh no what have we done, all this effort and the country where we are going to has rain.
Blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah, as per usual eatstatic.
there was a boy called Kong
Who visited near Geelong
He thought it was s*it
the short sighted t*t
and now all he does is go on & on & on & on & on on & on & on & on & on.....
GHOSTFACE.
Dec 13th 2004, 4:50 pm
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Location: South East Suburbs of Melbourne
Posts: 7,336
Re: In the sunshine
So was it the rain that scared him away from Aus???
Hey we sometimes get hail as well but he might save that for another post.
Hey we sometimes get hail as well but he might save that for another post.
Dec 13th 2004, 5:46 pm
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Re: In the sunshine
Originally Posted by eatstatic
Looks like the beauitful Sydney summer is in full swing once more. Good to kmow that after a long working week, the newly arrived POM refugees can rely on guarenteed sunshine for a day at the beach. As many dreamers have proclaimed before "who needs decent TV when you have all that glorious sunshine." I reckon that summer on the East coast is just like on the Greek Islands.
Anyway heres a taster of what you lucky POMS can look forward to on a typical Sydney day on the beach.
Hell unleashed in raging torrent
By Justin Norrie, Nicholas Calacouras and Neil McMahon
December 14, 2004
A draining experience ... a car stranded by floodwaters in the M5 East tunnel near the airport following the freak series of storms yesterday.
Photo: Nick Moir
Freak storms that swept Sydney and the east coast yesterday left one man dead, closed three airports and battered passenger jets with hail as big as fists.
In an eerie calm before the deluge, Sydney's west was blanketed in a brilliant light as the sun poked through two angry-looking cloudfronts. Then, just before 4pm, hell struck.
In the next two hours, heaving storms tore through the south of Sydney and out to the coast, dumping 17 millimetres of rain over the city, throwing traffic and public transport into chaos and turning one freeway into a raging river. Bedlam rained down the coast from as far north as Brisbane to Canberra.
An analyst of severe weather at the Bureau of Meteorology, James Taylor, said the storms were whipped up as a low-pressure trough over NSW sucked moisture down from the north of the state, creating extremely unstable conditions.
Last night, Qantas engineers were checking six aircraft for damage after hail shut down Sydney Airport for more than an hour. Storms also closed the airports in Canberra and Brisbane.
A spokeswoman for VirginBlue said three of its Boeing 737s had been grounded due to damage both carriers said any passengers affected would be flown on other services today.
"There will be minor delays at worst," said the spokesman for Qantas, Michael Sharpe.
He estimated the damage was minor, but said public safety necessitated caution.
The State Emergency Service responded to more than 200 calls, mostly between Campbell-town and Sutherland, for damaged roofs and flash flooding. However, a spokeswoman for the service said the clean-up as "modest by our standards".
A ceiling collapsed at a preschool in Hurstville and there was some damage to a factory roof in Canterbury.
Torrential rain left one man dead in an accident on the M5 and cars tyre-deep in floodwater. The floods also closed the CityRail line between Thirroul and Waterfall, and Hornsby and Gosford.
A male truck driver was killed in a pile-up with three cars and another truck near Henry Lawson Drive at Liverpool just after 4pm.
Another male driver was takento Royal North Shore in a critical condition after his car ran into a power pole on Mona Vale Road in St Ives moments earlier.
A yachtsman in the Rolex Trophy regatta injured his leg when he was washed overboard as strong winds whipped up seas near Sydney Heads.
Tim Wiseman, 31, was rushed back to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia where an ambulance was waiting.
EnergyAustralia said several thousand homes were without power in Balgowlah and Manly Vale, and at Umina, on the Central Coast, during the afternoon due to storm damage. And a spokeswoman for Integral Energy said about 4000 homes in the south of Sydney had lost power briefly. Storms also knocked out power to up to 40,000 homes and unroofed a number of houses in the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast areas.
In north-western NSW, a natural disaster has been declared as residents and business owners start mopping up after heavy floods which swamped the area on Friday.
The Emergency Services Minister, Tony Kelly, said the declaration covered the Narrabri, Gunnedah, Moree Plains, Gwydir and Liverpool Plains local government areas, and triggered a range of assistance, including financial aid for residents and councils.
The State Emergency Service said there was still localised flooding but waters were receding in most areas.
The town of Wee Waa was no longer isolated and people evacuated in the Narrabri area were returning to their homes, a spokesman said. About 270 properties remained isolated.
Les Kennedy writes: A policeman is feared drowned after a scuba diving trip off one of Sydney's historic shipwrecks yesterday ended in his disappearance.
Sergeant Eddie Van Putten, who is attached to Penrith Police Station, had taken the day off with four other police officer colleagues to dive on the wreck of the clipper Dunbar, south of The Gap at the South Head entrance to Port Jackson. The alarm was raised after the 50-year-old officer failed returned to the dive boat. Searchers found Sergeant Van Putten's flippers before their efforts were called off yesterday
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...87018301.html#
Anyway heres a taster of what you lucky POMS can look forward to on a typical Sydney day on the beach.
Hell unleashed in raging torrent
By Justin Norrie, Nicholas Calacouras and Neil McMahon
December 14, 2004
A draining experience ... a car stranded by floodwaters in the M5 East tunnel near the airport following the freak series of storms yesterday.
Photo: Nick Moir
Freak storms that swept Sydney and the east coast yesterday left one man dead, closed three airports and battered passenger jets with hail as big as fists.
In an eerie calm before the deluge, Sydney's west was blanketed in a brilliant light as the sun poked through two angry-looking cloudfronts. Then, just before 4pm, hell struck.
In the next two hours, heaving storms tore through the south of Sydney and out to the coast, dumping 17 millimetres of rain over the city, throwing traffic and public transport into chaos and turning one freeway into a raging river. Bedlam rained down the coast from as far north as Brisbane to Canberra.
An analyst of severe weather at the Bureau of Meteorology, James Taylor, said the storms were whipped up as a low-pressure trough over NSW sucked moisture down from the north of the state, creating extremely unstable conditions.
Last night, Qantas engineers were checking six aircraft for damage after hail shut down Sydney Airport for more than an hour. Storms also closed the airports in Canberra and Brisbane.
A spokeswoman for VirginBlue said three of its Boeing 737s had been grounded due to damage both carriers said any passengers affected would be flown on other services today.
"There will be minor delays at worst," said the spokesman for Qantas, Michael Sharpe.
He estimated the damage was minor, but said public safety necessitated caution.
The State Emergency Service responded to more than 200 calls, mostly between Campbell-town and Sutherland, for damaged roofs and flash flooding. However, a spokeswoman for the service said the clean-up as "modest by our standards".
A ceiling collapsed at a preschool in Hurstville and there was some damage to a factory roof in Canterbury.
Torrential rain left one man dead in an accident on the M5 and cars tyre-deep in floodwater. The floods also closed the CityRail line between Thirroul and Waterfall, and Hornsby and Gosford.
A male truck driver was killed in a pile-up with three cars and another truck near Henry Lawson Drive at Liverpool just after 4pm.
Another male driver was takento Royal North Shore in a critical condition after his car ran into a power pole on Mona Vale Road in St Ives moments earlier.
A yachtsman in the Rolex Trophy regatta injured his leg when he was washed overboard as strong winds whipped up seas near Sydney Heads.
Tim Wiseman, 31, was rushed back to the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia where an ambulance was waiting.
EnergyAustralia said several thousand homes were without power in Balgowlah and Manly Vale, and at Umina, on the Central Coast, during the afternoon due to storm damage. And a spokeswoman for Integral Energy said about 4000 homes in the south of Sydney had lost power briefly. Storms also knocked out power to up to 40,000 homes and unroofed a number of houses in the Brisbane and Sunshine Coast areas.
In north-western NSW, a natural disaster has been declared as residents and business owners start mopping up after heavy floods which swamped the area on Friday.
The Emergency Services Minister, Tony Kelly, said the declaration covered the Narrabri, Gunnedah, Moree Plains, Gwydir and Liverpool Plains local government areas, and triggered a range of assistance, including financial aid for residents and councils.
The State Emergency Service said there was still localised flooding but waters were receding in most areas.
The town of Wee Waa was no longer isolated and people evacuated in the Narrabri area were returning to their homes, a spokesman said. About 270 properties remained isolated.
Les Kennedy writes: A policeman is feared drowned after a scuba diving trip off one of Sydney's historic shipwrecks yesterday ended in his disappearance.
Sergeant Eddie Van Putten, who is attached to Penrith Police Station, had taken the day off with four other police officer colleagues to dive on the wreck of the clipper Dunbar, south of The Gap at the South Head entrance to Port Jackson. The alarm was raised after the 50-year-old officer failed returned to the dive boat. Searchers found Sergeant Van Putten's flippers before their efforts were called off yesterday
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/...87018301.html#
You mention the weather on the Greek lslands, l am sure they occasionly have
storms there even during summer and the weather is'nt perfect everyday.
Dec 13th 2004, 6:03 pm
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Re: In the sunshine
Originally Posted by wombat42
THese storms are a freak event, they don't occour regularly, Most of the time during summer the weather on the east coast is pleasant and sunny.
You mention the weather on the Greek lslands, l am sure they occasionly have
storms there even during summer and the weather is'nt perfect everyday.
You mention the weather on the Greek lslands, l am sure they occasionly have
storms there even during summer and the weather is'nt perfect everyday.
The climate of the mediteranean is similar to that of Perth, in that rainfall is rare in Summer and clear hot dry days are the norm. Whereas Sydney, Brisbane are characterised by a lot of cloudy, humid and stormy days.
Dec 13th 2004, 6:25 pm
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Posts: 652
Re: In the sunshine
Originally Posted by wombat42
THese storms are a freak event, they don't occour regularly, Most of the time during summer the weather on the east coast is pleasant and sunny.
You mention the weather on the Greek lslands, l am sure they occasionly have
storms there even during summer and the weather is'nt perfect everyday.
You mention the weather on the Greek lslands, l am sure they occasionly have
storms there even during summer and the weather is'nt perfect everyday.
HI Wombat,
We live in Cyprus and yes we get storms all year round, It can go from hot sunny days on the beach to torrential rain fall and local flooding, Two weeks ago we had hail and snow in Nicosia, next day 24!, At least we get a variety
unlike the UK where we know it will be cold and miserable for most of the year.
Dec 13th 2004, 8:22 pm
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Location: Sydney
Posts: 512
Re: In the sunshine
Originally Posted by eatstatic
The East coast of Australia has most of its rainfall in the Summer months. Most of Sydney's summer rainfall comes in sudden heavy downpours. I remember many an afternoon on the beach bought to an abrupt end by a storm.
The climate of the mediteranean is similar to that of Perth, in that rainfall is rare in Summer and clear hot dry days are the norm. Whereas Sydney, Brisbane are characterised by a lot of cloudy, humid and stormy days.
The climate of the mediteranean is similar to that of Perth, in that rainfall is rare in Summer and clear hot dry days are the norm. Whereas Sydney, Brisbane are characterised by a lot of cloudy, humid and stormy days.
Last year (our first yr in Oz), it was really dry in Sydney....hardly any rain - it didn't seem humid much at all. This year it's mainly rained everywhere except in the catchment - so we need the rain badly.
I know it can be humid and hot in Sydney, but up to now we've had more humid (but less hot) weather in Holland.
Dec 13th 2004, 8:30 pm
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What's happening dudes?
Joined: Mar 2004
Location: Bayside Brisbane
Posts: 20,647
Re: In the sunshine
Originally Posted by Deadmeat
Cancel the visa, refund the flight money, The Voice Of Reason has spoken
Well that's it now, I can't live in a country where it rains and the wind blows. I mean, who could?
I'm still curious as to what POM is? I know there is a word Pom but I didn't realise there was an anagram as well.
Dec 13th 2004, 8:34 pm
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Re: In the sunshine
Originally Posted by wmoore
Yeah I'm with you. I thought it never ever rained, the surf was always up and clouds just plain old never got that far south.
Well that's it now, I can't live in a country where it rains and the wind blows. I mean, who could?
I'm still curious as to what POM is? I know there is a word Pom but I didn't realise there was an anagram as well.
Well that's it now, I can't live in a country where it rains and the wind blows. I mean, who could?
I'm still curious as to what POM is? I know there is a word Pom but I didn't realise there was an anagram as well.
http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm
Dec 13th 2004, 9:29 pm
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Re: In the sunshine
Originally Posted by eatstatic
The East coast of Australia has most of its rainfall in the Summer months. Most of Sydney's summer rainfall comes in sudden heavy downpours. I remember many an afternoon on the beach bought to an abrupt end by a storm.
The climate of the mediteranean is similar to that of Perth, in that rainfall is rare in Summer and clear hot dry days are the norm. Whereas Sydney, Brisbane are characterised by a lot of cloudy, humid and stormy days.
The climate of the mediteranean is similar to that of Perth, in that rainfall is rare in Summer and clear hot dry days are the norm. Whereas Sydney, Brisbane are characterised by a lot of cloudy, humid and stormy days.
