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Old 08-06-2011, 12:49 AM
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It's Snowing!

Yep, it has just started snowing here at Snake Valley

Pretty heavy too

Wooo-hooooooo
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Old 08-06-2011, 12:55 AM
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Old 08-06-2011, 01:19 AM
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Stopped at the moment but here is my car.

If it starts again before I go to bed I'll try get it falling
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Old 08-06-2011, 01:24 AM
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It's currently -4 degrees here in Canberra. -8 in the Snowy Mountains!

Damn, if this is the beginning of winter, imagine what's in store, lol.

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Old 08-06-2011, 01:28 AM
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It's a small world

Ken,

hope everything is well!!!!

Speaking to the wife ...... she works with somebody who is in the process of buying the house at 819 ..... a few doors up from you.

God it's a small world.

The old 6 or -6 degrees of separation .....

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Old 08-06-2011, 01:31 AM
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Ken,

hope everything is well!!!!

Speaking to the wife ...... she works with somebody who is in the process of buying the house at 819 ..... a few doors up from you.

God it's a small world.

The old 6 or -6 degrees of separation .....

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I hope she likes the cold it's freezing!

Be an even bigger fluke if she was into Astro

EDIT: Ahhh, that's Kim's House. I didn't even know she was selling it.
It is built in the 1850's and was a 2 storey pub. Now a single storey house with nice gardens and an artists shed or Milking shed or whatever it is.
In the 'for sale' photos on the net you can see our Astro clubroom in the background

I hope they don't like using outdoor lighting!
Here is the photo of the property and you can see how close our clubroom is to it (shed on the right-hand side of image).
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Old 08-06-2011, 08:05 AM
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Wow, snow, beautiful as long as you are rugged up, woohoo.
2 dg down there at moment and 19 dg here.
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Old 08-06-2011, 11:42 AM
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Snow ?? In Australia ..?? C'mon, we're supposed to be the cold country. We were walking along the beach on Sunday in T Shirts !! And sweating !! I bought 6 cu meters of firewood back in March and still haven't touched it hardly. And we've had some good skies between the clouds you guys keep sending across the Tasman ...
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Old 08-06-2011, 12:03 PM
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Brent, we'll send you even more cloud if you like
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Old 08-06-2011, 05:10 PM
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"Snow fell in areas including the Dandenongs, the Macedon Ranges and around the Ballarat region, with more expected in the Grampians today."

from here: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2...08/3238652.htm

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Old 08-06-2011, 05:14 PM
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I took the kids up to Olinda last night at 9pm and it was snowing quite a bit.
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Old 08-06-2011, 05:20 PM
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Castlemaine, Daylesford and Trantham areas are cold enough for me. I don't think I'd handle the Rat too well.

I hope it will snow on Mt Macedon this week. That's the kids el-cheapo "trip to the snow" covered for the year.

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Old 08-06-2011, 05:23 PM
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No wonder there is so much snow about Dave, this was in todays newspaper: "Ballarat yesterday recording its coldest day this early in June since 1958."
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Old 08-06-2011, 05:24 PM
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It's currently -4 degrees here in Canberra. -8 in the Snowy Mountains!

Damn, if this is the beginning of winter, imagine what's in store, lol.

H
H.....Global Warming!!!......sorry couldn't resist
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Old 08-06-2011, 05:40 PM
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Watch out for the snow and ice Ken. Those roads around your way will be really slippery.

Quite cold here at present but nothing like those you guys have been experiencing.

Yes definitely getting a warmer climate.
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Old 08-06-2011, 05:45 PM
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Watch out for the snow and ice Ken. Those roads around your way will be really slippery.
Yeah Paul, not looking forward to driving my son into Uni in Ballarat tomorrow morning.
There's some notorious spots for black ice along the way
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Great night to be out there, Ken, doing a broadcast
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Old 08-06-2011, 06:49 PM
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Old 08-06-2011, 07:07 PM
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Yeah! This is the entrance to my place a couple of winters ago. Apparently it's snowing hard there right now, and I'm heading off in the morning for a weekend of campfire drinking and chatting with a few people from work I've invited down. Can't wait!
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Old 08-06-2011, 07:34 PM
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Yeah! This is the entrance to my place a couple of winters ago. Apparently it's snowing hard there right now, and I'm heading off in the morning for a weekend of campfire drinking and chatting with a few people from work I've invited down. Can't wait!
Looks idilic Chris - I could pop down for the long weekend and bring your old scope down for you to hug if you like??

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