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Don't want to give away my exact location but courtesy of Google Maps this is the Pig & Whistle Pub which is close enough (hope they don't mind) !
Damn good pub it is too!
-37° 50' 40.79", +145° 21' 38.37"

9mm since 9am making it 56mm since Monday, could make the monthly average by the time the whole sequence has finished with us later next week. A brisk 4.5c degrees at the moment, but cloud and showers should prevent it going much lower overnight. No snow last night, just a bit of hail in a couple of...

Morning all,
Save your petrol, no snow up here this morning, 2.2c and heavy showers with perhaps a hint of sleetyness in there. Will be pretty snowy on Donna Buang by now I reckon.

No, not the Open Garden Scheme as such, we open as part of the new "Springfest" event throughout the Dandenongs and Yarra Ranges during September and October, to raise money for the CFA. There's all sorts of events on, as well as open gardens there's food and wine, music and arts, family e...

Karl Lijnders wrote: At this stage the Dandenongs look like the best place to be.

Many thanks Robyn, Karl and Lily, As requested, just one photo of part of our garden as a taster for you. Spring 2008 (62) (Small).JPG Lily, I'm sure it would be fine for you to visit sometime, and for our 9 year olds to have some "pony time" together :thumbsup: (he says without consulting...

Not too cold in Olinda either, 7.2c at the mo, less windy so that is helping, still some big gusts though. First showers breaking out from the west, and looks like intensifying with the cold front closing in fast, hopefully boot this milder air into touch! Still hopeful of seeing some flakes either ...

Hello one and all, my name is Geoff, married to Jane with two gorgeous daughters aged 9 and 6, living on 5 acres of paradise up on top of the Dandenongs. Our block comprises of about 2 acres of fabulous rainforest with a creek running through, a couple of acres of paddocks (where the girls keep thei...

Thanks for the welcome Chris & Lily! I should add that my Feb. total is a conservative estimate, as my 140mm manual raingauge was overflowing on the morning of the 6th (the Cyclone Yasi event), so the total should probably be higher! Yes it certainly has been incredibly wet up here on the hill, ...

Evening all, my first post, so I'll kick off with my rainfall records for the year so far;

Jan. 120 mm
Feb. 275 mm
Mar. 85 mm
Apr. 120 mm
May. 180 mm
Jun. 93 mm

YTD. 873 mm

(Beat that, as they say!)