The driest state on the driest continent -- that's us. South Australia. Dryer than anyplace in Africa. Dryer than Arizona or New Mexico ... or, we
were. You want proof that climate change is real? Look out of any window in this state, June to September. This is the third time we've been under flood this year. These events used to happen once n a decade! Call these the 'spring floods,' I guess -- to differentiate between the winter floods and the autumn floods.
So Dave had the idea of grabbing the cameras, jumping in the van and going out just about at the height (or depth) of the weather, and getting some pretty dramatic photos. Of course, it was COLD and WET --
-- but it was well worth doing a roadtrip around MacLaren Vale, just ahead of flooding that would actually close many of these roads. According to the time/weather boards on the roadside here and there, the temperature was eight degrees Celcius at about noon. That's something like 47 F ... and with the wind howling so hard, you could lean on it ... it
felt like about five below! So --
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| And there's more rain on the way: it's hardly started yet! |
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| On Thomas Hill Road ... in the clouds... |
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| Our favorite coffee stop -- at noon! The Vintage Bean... |
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| This creek is about to inundate a vineyard ... |
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| About an hour later, this road was closed -- flooded right out. |
We went out again the next day and had a look at the coast by Moana and Noarlunga. Hills residents were busy cleaning up the mess, but in 24 hours the roads were open again, and wouldn't you know it? The sun shone, the temperature was about 72 degrees, with light airs.
I'll post some of the coastal images tomorrow. Meanwhile, we've started work on the Ark...
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