WUWT reader David Summers sends this photo along taken a few days ago in 2007 in Australia from a colleague that “returned there for the summer”. I thought it might make a fun photo caption exercise.
Note: This photo as represented to me in email, was supposedly recent.
Thanks to alert WUWT reader “snow captain of queanbeyan” obviously now that is not the case. So much for trusting friendly emails from people. The photo was originally taken in 2007 and you can see the details here.
Still, as originally intended, feel free to make a fun photo caption.
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“OK, there’s the fence! Excellent! Now according to the Surface Stations records, 43 hops to the north-northeast should bring me to an asphalt parking lot, and….THERE’S THE MMTS!”
“is that fence Polar Bear Proof?”
Boy, its colder’n Al Gore’s heart in July today
“Bugs, where are you?
Breaking News : “Dalton Minimum returns!” 😉
Some more info about the photo.
It was taken 4th November 2007 (late spring in the Stn Hemisphere)
Location 35deg 45 mins 48 sec South, 149 deg 17 mins 13 sec West.
This is in the Tinderry Mtns southeast of Canberra at a altitude of 1350 metres.
We can have snow any time of the year but the last two winters have been generous in terms of snow.
It was a great surprise to see a photo I had taken appear in WUWT.
I can now claim that I have been published in a influential publication!
The fence is a bare bones affair mainly to mark the boundary.
It is amazing the number of people who will come up and think that it is just vacant crown land and do as they feel fit eg shooting, wood carting, bike riding etc.
But it still beats living in the city!
cheers
Allan Lehepuu
Wally Balboa
Winner of the 2009 Australian wallaby duck down pillow fighting championship.
Frosty the Rooman.
Isn’t that a wallaby in the photo?
Much embarresment and red face.
Checked the properties again and the date the photo was taken is 14th june 2007.
cheers
Allan
Hold your kangaroo down, mate!
Yeti uncovered?
Do you know that country in the South, the one where the lemons grow?
CO2!! Please produce more CO2!!! Why isn’t this CO2 stuff working??
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“Dig my wallaby out of the snowdrift, sport, dig my wallaby out”
(To the tune of “tie my kangeroo down, sport….)
All I said was, I feel like a change of climate, but struth…………………….!
that photo was taken near Captainsflat (20km east from Queanbeyan) in 2007. 5-15cm on all hills east of Canberra and QBN with light snow falling in town but not hanging around.
REPLY: The college professor provided this to me from a colleague in Australia, so I can only take it on his word. But if you can point me to a reference I’ll certainly make a correction to the date, thanks. – Anthony
REPLY2: I did a search myself, and indeed, the photo is from when you say. Here is the reference to the original in 2007.
http://www.downunder-naidion.com/2007/06/26/snow-in-canberra-australia/
Looks like I’ve been mislead. Thanks for the tip. – Anthony
It would have been so much easier just to accept the grant.
THIS?
Wye this is just a little weather, mate.
Now if it were climate change, it would be a drought and a wildfire.
Ferdinand
We call them bushfires,and they are a natural part of Australian history.debate still goes on whether burn offs practised by forestry help or hinder.Unless you can control lightning,you will not stop bushfires.
http://www.portstephensexaminer.com.au/news/local/news/general/war-of-words-over-burnoffs/1493334.aspx
http://www.peterclack.com.au/view_page.php?id=8
A lightning storm in 1961 created firestorms that, if allowed to burn unhindered, could have burned out most of the Snowy Mountains. Many of the worst fire complexes of recent decades included multiple starts from lightning. The 1951–52 fires — the last time a giant fire struck the ACT — were caused by lightning.
In the 1970s, lightning caused 24 per cent of all fires in Victoria and was
responsible for 60 per cent of all the acreage lost, and a single lightning
storm in 1972 ignited 39 fires in rugged terrain. About 80 per cent of
fires in western Queensland were due to lightning strikes. About 97 per
cent of the area burned in 1974 — about 15 per cent of Australia —
was due to lightning. Pyne said the evidence testified to the power of
lightning to kindle fire in almost every environment.
What will they think off next, a ski-resort on Bali?
Only you can stop global warming from melting the Australian ice cap and prevent the death by drowning of this kangaroo.
Wowsy mate, Obarma has bin Presidant way up thar in that Uniterd States for less than far months and I reckend he’s dun already halve fixed that thar global warming thang.
I wonder would the wallabee in the cartoon about GW where he throws himself under a train like to join this guy? Then they can both jump in front of a train for different reasons.
Just another perfect day in sunny oz!
Caption: Uh…Who turned off the heat?
Does this mean kangaroo court is canceled today?