Icicle weather!

deezagood said :

Surely there is nowhere colder in Canberra than the Calwell netball courts at 9am on Saturday mornings?

AGREED!

(I live about 400m away. I understand.)

Surely there is nowhere colder in Canberra than the Calwell netball courts at 9am on Saturday mornings?

According to The Bureau we reached a toasty warm top of 4.1 degrees at 2:33pm (I doubt it will go any higher at this point).

And I was wondering weather to rug my horse today. Its literally like a fridge out there!!!

It is much colder here – they have similar (or lower) masimums to us, but we have lower minumum temps. They hardly ever get a frost in Hobart, altho a short drive up the mountain has snow.

I was out in a paddock past Gunning on Wednesday. Do you know why they put the wind turbines out that way? Cos it’s bloody windy all day.

I had full thermal high vis coat on with thermal beany, thermal gloves, rain hood over the beany and I was shaking in my boots. Took me the next 24 hours to defrost.

(BlueMonday, I lived in Tassy many years ago and I tell you – it’s colder here).

I’d much rather have this weather and this time of year than the hated summer silly season with stifling hot temperatures, bushfires, cricket and Claytons radio and television with non-ratings and everybody on holidays.

Lunchtime exercise in 2 degree weather? Not a good idea…

Snow, damnit, snow!
That way, at least the bitter cold will be worth it.

Nice shot jb.

smilesr said :

There was a good 5mm of ice covering my bird bath yesterday which was still there at lunchtime!

Same here. Every morning I measure the thickness of the ice to determine whether I should cycle into work. Solid ice = no-bloody-way.

There was a good 5mm of ice covering my bird bath yesterday which was still there at lunchtime!

I get excited about it – can’t wait until it snows in the day. My QLD relatives think its crazy living here and then complain about having to wear a jumper when its 20 degrees in their house??

That’s the one. Cheers Deck

Postalgeek said :

Just trying to remember the name of that New Zealand brand that specialises in warm cycle gear [/doublepost]

Ground Effect. Works well in -5 degrees. I didn’t need a thermal or anything underneath.

It’s currently 1.6 toasty degrees out here at Jerra…

There is still ice on my front step now.

They over heat the buses here anyway – everyone is dressed in 6 layers for standing around at the busstop for 10 minutes, then you have to get onto the bus that is heated up like your loungeroom.

Just trying to remember the name of that New Zealand brand that specialises in warm cycle gear [/doublepost]

Hats off to you Danman. I couldn’t find my little silk balaclava that fits nicely under my helmet, so I took the motorbike today. I confess there may have been a part of me that didn’t want to look that hard.

I rode 16km in minus 5 – it was fun – as long as you have the right gear…

Its easier to stay warm than it is to stay cold in Summer.

My bottle of water didnt appreciate it though – ice on the inside by mitchell.

good old climate change and global warming. so much for the warm winter, as jb said.

Must be fun for bus users in Belconnen, sitting in the cold to catch a bus & then some of the heaters in the newer buses fail & it is colder in the bus then outside.

I’m with Thumper. I love it. If I could move to Tasmania at this point, I would.

I got up at 4am yesterday morning to go to work.

…Yeah winter is a bullshit.