No riding here until April sometime....
Just got a text from my wife to say she’s in Dubai and boarding a flight to Vienna. Off with her daughter to spend Xmas in Vienna, Prague, Florence and Barcelona.
She’s always wanted a Winter Xmas in Europe ( She’s Australian).
Cold weather and long haul flights are not for me.
When she gets home we will book a trip together. I really like Cambodia and Thailand and I’m happy to return to either.
I’m looking forward to a warm and quiet Xmas this year.
10am, 26 C / 79 F dry and sunny here.
Hey man I don’t visit often but glad you’re back. Heat wave here, currently 51° and raining we saw 53° today.39c yesterday, 26c today
I've been watching that the fire season has kicked off in Australia already....Hot !
I rode for several hours today.
Sadly, it was on the lawn mower and not a bike.
Finally getting it back under control after the rain we had. Had to mow everything twice as I use a mulched not a catcher and the cuttings were too thick to leave.
I've done my Xmas gift shopping, a bone for the dog and a lettuce for the hens, and I was about to put a lock and chain on the front gate so I'd have a nice peaceful day tomorrow, then I got a reminder that there's a Xmas Day 5k (3.1 mile) timed Park Run on in the next town at 7am...... Mmmmmm... undecided on that one. The dog enjoys them though.
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Yeah, a couple of nasty ones down South. Not much up here in Qld as we had a heap of rain a few weeks back More rain coming in which most folk won’t mind, less fire risk, paddocks will be green, tanks and dams will be full.I've been watching that the fire season has kicked off in Australia already....
Our western provinces get hit hard from wild fires as well.....Yeah, a couple of nasty ones down South. Not much up here in Qld as we had a heap of rain a few weeks back More rain coming in which most folk won’t mind, less fire risk, paddocks will be green, tanks and dams will be full.
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Bush fires are quite a controversial issue here, a lot of councils and tree hugging greenies push for strict legislation to stop more fire breaks, controlled burns and clearing. A while back we saw heaps of houses destroyed, the sole house amongst them that was saved was the guy who got a huge fine for clearing trees around his house. I’m on the edge of a high risk area, but fortunately they start to back burn outside my place to protect the local town. I try and keep a wide clear area around my house (see pics above) and 141,000 ltrs in tanks.
Nice tractor, we had one of those on our farm...it was bought new then....when I smell one running, it brings back childhood memories.....
There sure isn't much snow.....is this normal for this time of year?Still cold here, and not supposed to be much above freezing during the daytime for at least the next week.
Everything is still frozen, and will probably thaw, soak the roads, and make for alot of black ice tomorrow morning.
This is looking over at my neighbors house, and there is a small mountain about a quarter mile behind it, under all the fog.
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