nomadpete

Saw it on the internet so it must be true. The pic alleged it was true at Mt Wellington. Of course the standard answer is.... Of course you didn't think it was cold. You ARE a Tasmanian, aren't you?

I see there was snow in Hobart yesterday. Today is a nice balmy 12 degrees and sunny here in Portland.

One positive about nomadding during the off season.... we are not paying tourist season prices. And the caravan parks are not crowded. We got a couple of nights in a nice (warm n dry) cabin at Mt Gambier - for $55 a night.

But I still wouldn't want to drive one. The first one I drove was 3 speed and it was great for following a herd of cattle across rough paddocks. Latrr models hsd a 4th gear & theh went faster. But every one of those ŵere bigoted. On rough roads they had a bias - loved turning corners one side but couldn't bring themselves to turn the other way.

Then again, I could never get a HJ45 to go faster. It wasn't in their DNA.

Ya weren't drivin fast enuf. Had ya been goin fasta, those roos woulda just jumped inta tha dust behind ya.

--- FAMINE --- I feel that there are multiple food chain problems unfolding at present. Since they unfold in slow motion, the media seem to ignore it. 1. The Iranian (don't call it a) war is reducing available fertiliser and fuel. 2. The Ukraine invasion is causing a shortage of grain. 3. The changing weather cycles (don't call it climate change) are making for less predictable cropping (except for West Aust recent big crops). 4. The biggest El Nino event in centuries may mess up the american harvests. And maybe ours, too. 5. Australia has lost 70% of it's bird species. Biodiversity is vital to food chains. 6. The veroa mite (pestilence, anyone?) is damaging every food that needs pollinators. 7. The H5n1 bird flu has reached our shores. Among other things it has potential to interrupt Australia's most popular protein source - chooks. There must be other things that are being ignored. Am I being too paranoid?

Skippys? You can help. All you have to do is regularly drive into town around dusk n dawn. Best if you have a bullbar on your car. Keep a sharp knife in the car, and you can take home plenty of dogfood, too.

I drove through B H recently. It has all the signs of slowly dying. Plenty of empty shops and houses there. Is the mine running out of ore?

That is why I posted the map of the Pacific Ocean temperatures. When all that warm ocean arrives at our east coast, there will be consequences. I'm no weather expert but suspect it brings bigger more violent storms, which won't help our farmers.

Could be an interesting cyclone season ciming up?

Beyond the thought that US of Anerica doesn't play in the international sandpit of wars... That is wars plural:- How many countries has the US bombed in the last 12 months? Well don't look to our newpapers for an answer, its bombed SEVEN countries in the last year alone. Iran Iraq Nigeria Somalia Syria Venezuela Yemen And in my opinion, not doing too well on any front.

OME was being diplomatic.

There's one born every minute.

Do they stand out from the crowd?