Great rains for the west...
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Lovely rain continues to fall across North West and Western Queensland as ex-Tropical Cyclone Trevor continues its great circle around Queensland and the Northern Territory. I understand its landfall in the Territory was not bad as authorities feared and those that evacuated from Gulf coastal areas to Katherine and Darwin experienced more rain there than they would have had they sat it out at home. Nonetheless I cannot fault authorities from taking the decision to order mass evacuations. The advice from the Bureau of Meteorology and other experts was that Trevor was expected to land as a severe Category 4 cyclone with very destructive winds of up to 265 kilometres an hour. It is almost impossible to imagine what it might be like to be caught out in such conditions other than to suggest the obvious, it would be bloody dangerous. So better safe than sorry, and of course had authorities not taken that decision and injuries and deaths resulted, you can be sure that governments would have taken the blame. Nonetheless Big Trev has dumped welcome rains on the Barkly Tablelands and Queensland as it did an abrupt about-turn and headed back east. There is damage - for instance Tobermorey station on the border between Boulia and Alice Springs has been inundated, but the general feeling is of joy for rain in areas that mostly missed out when the big floods happened last month. Even at Tobermorey staff welcomed the 150mm they got on Tuesday and a quick glance at the Who Got the Rain Facebook page shows similar delight across the west and south-west. The Bureau of Meteorology said ex-tropical cyclone Trevor was expected to move slowly east-south-east across the interior of Queensland in coming days. Apparently more good falls are on the way this weekend for areas that missed out. Here in Mount Isa Rifle Creek overflowed and Lake Moondarra has shot up from 84.5 to 87.7 per cent full overnight. Between the nice falls and the cooler temperatures it feels like a good end to the summer in these parts. Bring on winter and the events season - Derek Barry
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Great rains for the westTobermorey in inundated. Photo: Marg Speed.
Lovely rain continues to fall across North West and Western Queensland as ex-Tropical Cyclone Trevor continues its great circle around Queensland and the Northern Territory.
I understand its landfall in the Territory was not bad as authorities feared and those that evacuated from Gulf coastal areas to Katherine and Darwin experienced more rain there than they would have had they sat it out at home.
Nonetheless I cannot fault authorities from taking the decision to order mass evacuations.
The advice from the Bureau of Meteorology and other experts was that Trevor was expected to land as a severe Category 4 cyclone with very destructive winds of up to 265 kilometres an hour.
It is almost impossible to imagine what it might be like to be caught out in such conditions other than to suggest the obvious, it would be bloody dangerous.
So better safe than sorry, and of course had authorities not taken that decision and injuries and deaths resulted, you can be sure that governments would have taken the blame.
Nonetheless Big Trev has dumped welcome rains on the Barkly Tablelands and Queensland as it did an abrupt about-turn and headed back east.
There is damage - for instance Tobermorey station on the border between Boulia and Alice Springs has been inundated, but the general feeling is of joy for rain in areas that mostly missed out when the big floods happened last month.
Even at Tobermorey staff welcomed the 150mm they got on Tuesday and a quick glance at the Who Got the Rain Facebook page shows similar delight across the west and south-west.
The Bureau of Meteorology said ex-tropical cyclone Trevor was expected to move slowly east-south-east across the interior of Queensland in coming days.
Apparently more good falls are on the way this weekend for areas that missed out.
Here in Mount Isa Rifle Creek overflowed and Lake Moondarra has shot up from 84.5 to 87.7 per cent full overnight.
Between the nice falls and the cooler temperatures it feels like a good end to the summer in these parts. Bring on winter and the events season - Derek Barry