Rain Donut
Saturday, September 6th, 2008What the...? There's a rain donut over Sydney. I've never seen rain falling in that shape before.
What the...? There's a rain donut over Sydney. I've never seen rain falling in that shape before.
Waterspout
Tuesday, July 8th, 2008Spotted a waterspout on the way home yesterday, an intense thin trunk against the darkness of its storm cloud. I only had my tiny camera phone with me, so the best photo I got was taken several minutes after I'd spotted it, when it had already roped out and only ...
Feed me!
Friday, June 15th, 2007Cheeky Chappy Originally uploaded by travellingcharl. I was working on my computer, when one of these guys flew up against my window, drawing my attention to the fact there was a whole flock of Rainbow Lorikeets waiting to be fed. I suppose ...
Summer day
Thursday, May 4th, 2006It reached 25 degrees C in London today. It wasn't like a 25 degree day in Sydney, it seemed much hotter. The buses and the trains still had their heating on - I don't think they can actually turn it off - so it was more like 30 degrees ...
Photos from Japan #2 – Mt Fuji
Sunday, April 16th, 2006Early the next day after I arrived, the wedding party, comprising Martin, Mieko, Ann (Martin's Mum), Kevin (Martin's Dad), Eileen (Martin's Dad's partner,) Louise (Martin's sister) and her boyfriend Stewart, Martin's aunts Sue, Catherine and Jenny and I all went to Mt Fuji in a hire car and van driven ...
Waterfall Cottage
Saturday, February 25th, 2006Open day at Waterfall Cottage near Bayview today. I try to go every year because it's the most beautiful house and garden I've seen. A pale gold sandstone fairytale house set in a rainforest. Apologies for the poor quality of my photos. This is what you see as you walk through the ...
Big Geocaching Day
Sunday, July 24th, 2005Over the Wall by The 2 Dogs S 33° 48.741 E 151° 18.165 (ratings out of 5 stars. 1 is easiest, 5 is hardest) Difficulty: 2 Terrain: 2.5 A very tricky conundrum this one and it's not for the faint hearted. Which side ...
A hot one…
Tuesday, November 30th, 2004It's supposed to be heading for a top of 42 degrees C today. The hottest November day since weather record keeping began. It was quite a cool night, around 21 degrees C, so I woke up thinking that the record temperature wasn't likely. But in the hour between waking up and ...
Another El Nino
Wednesday, September 1st, 2004From the Sydney Morning Herald: Good rains in recent days have failed to head off warnings of a possible El Nino weather phenomenon hitting eastern Australia. The Bureau of Meteorology said there were growing signs that farm regions would be hit by below-average rainfall and above-average temperatures in coming months. It came as ...
