Cyclone Larry hit QLD

[bovered79]

Just to let everone knoe about the Cat 5 Cyclone that his Innisfail this morning with 200mph winds might want to ring any family members to see if they are alright there is another cyclone following.

Cheers

[jagsy]

and the Raggyman - are you ok?

[raggyman]

Raggyman all in one piece... been ok here, a little bit of wind, and a bit of rain. More worried about the sucker further out to sea, it is moving quiet a bit slower and actually could be headed right for us.

The cyclone that hit innisfail would have been alot worse, except it was moving at 30km/hr, which is very strange for a cyclone, normally they when they speed up, they weaken.

[jagsy]

Jace
Gave the Commodore a good run out today, battery was well down but got her going. Sweet mota.

[raggyman]

Ah cool.. well work permit is stalled at the moment... man what a pain this has turned out to be. Hopefully it will come through... if not will be back to pack up.. buggar!

Yeah, she is pretty sweet... love the commodore.. got to put the new battery in when i get back, hopefully will be a little warmer by then.. could be Christmas by the time I get back at this rate!!! Hopeless...

>> Edited by raggyman on Monday 20th March 15:28

[phrich]

could be Christmas by the time I get back at this rate!!! Hopeless...


Ideal, flog the V6 buy yourself a V8 to use in Aus for 6 months and then bring it over as a personal import.

[vipers]

Anyone over there tell me if it missed Eden or not, pals of mine live there somewhere.

[raggyman]

phrich said:

Ideal, flog the V6 buy yourself a V8 to use in Aus for 6 months and then bring it over as a personal import.

Yeah, trouble is you actually have to be here for 12months I think... buggar! Anyhow, all very painful, thinking should just turn up in a dingy and declare that I am from some third world country. Get given a house that way!

[raggyman]

vipers said:

Anyone over there tell me if it missed Eden or not, pals of mine live there somewhere.

Umm. geography lesson.. Eden is way down south in Mexican country. Going to get pretty interesting here over the next couple of days. Rain has set in and it is gretty pretty windy.

IDQ20065
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology
Queensland
Tropical Cyclone Warning Centre

TROPICAL CYCLONE INFORMATION BULLETIN
For 1000 EST on Tuesday the 21st of March 2006

At 10am EST Tuesday, Tropical Cyclone Wati, category 2 with central pressure 975
hPa, was located about 750km east northeast of Mackay. It is moving towards the
west at 20 km per hour and should gradually intensify over the next 24 hours.

Wati is expected to maintain this track until Wednesday morning when it will
slow down and remain in offshore waters for the rest of the week. This may
produce gale force winds off the coast between Bowen and Fraser Island. Large
seas will develop along the southern coast during the week.

Next bulletin will be issued at 5pm today.

[HRTHSVHoldenUK]

G,day Raggyman glad to hear that you are ok didnt know you was over here mind you i havent ben onthe forum for ages give us a ring if ya wanna my number is 0422002687 if ya wanna chat, ireckon imet you at one of the Ace cafe meets in 04 been back in Adelaide forover a year now man its gone fast how long you over her for any way give mea bell all the best Wayne Larsen aka Skippy Adelaide ;-)

[raggyman]

Hey wayne, could be over here permanently at this stage.. working UK days, which sucks a bit. Mind you rather do it from here than there that is for sure... Will give you a yell.

[BigNige]

I heard several thousand dollars worth of improvements were done?

[raggyman]

Yeah, pretty bad up that way, and well lots of losers on the tv. It isn't as if they had plenty of notice of it coming.

Mind you, feel pretty bad for the poor buggars up that way though, especially the banana growers, the sugar cane should come back though.