Geez, folks, I'm so bloody sorry....

[el_draco (Rom)]

I bought a new scope and look what I've done to the sky.... I didn't mean to... it just happened, and now all the stars have gone away until next May....

I'm so bloody sorry....

[tlgerdes (Trevor)]

What did you buy??? Was it worth not being able to use it for 8 months??

[leon]

And so you should be.

Leon

[Inmykombi (Geoff)]

Seems to have affected us all the way to the North of Sydney too.

Fair dinkum......when will it clear ?

[el_draco (Rom)]

I bought a New C11, added a focuser, ordered and 80mm Stellavue finder and then.... I'm so ashamed.... Hyperstar...

Forgive me...for I knew I new exactly what I was doing...

Now... La Nina !!! Rain till May !!!

sob... mope.... and other unmanly, unsightly responses

[RickS (Rick)]

What focuser did you get, Rom? My C11 looks like it just escaped from Customs

[Ric]

If that's the case I'm going to have to find a surrogate hobby until May.

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Originally Posted by Ric

If that's the case I'm going to have to find a surrogate hobby until May.

Beekeeping????

[stanlite (Grady)]

Beekeeping is a good hobby yes ... but you can only rob them in weather with no clouds if you want to survive. So i recommend building model ships at least then you have some skill sets if the flood comes

[Ric]

I see you read that other post David.

Yep I've been getting into beekeeping lately, quite a fascinating pastime/hobby and the rewards are quite tasty as well.

Hi Grady, so far they have been quite a docile bunch be it sunny or cloudy which is good for me being a noob in this area. I still make sure I'm well protected though.

Cheers

[En1gma (Robert)]

It's the USD that is making us buy all this equipment..

the el nino effect is on for the next 4 months..

[AstralTraveller (David)]

It's actually La Nina now. El Nino is the drought-causing situation. The present weather is at least providing a new spectator sport: looking at the radar and predicting when the storm will hit here. At the moment Katoomba and Picton are copping it. Every morning here is perfectly clear and we get rain most afternoons. Presently it 50% cloud.