(.400 member)

08/11/11 02:50 PM

Camels - Frustrated by the Weather

With four days to go till we leave for our second Camel shooting trip I get word that rain furthur north has filled the water courses and made moving around the property almost impossible. Pig chasers have been bogged to the axles.

Its good for the grazier and has also put out some bush fires but the mosquitoes will increase and it looks like we may have to cancel.

I've put out a few adverts in local newspapers so we may find an alternative venue not affected by rain.

Frustrated +++

500Nitro

(.450 member)

08/11/11 02:52 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Not good for you but good for the farmers.

Wa talking to a bloke (farmer) a few hundred kms south
of you last night who said the seasons have been
pretty good all over.

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NitroX

(.700 member)

08/11/11 03:20 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

If the rain is also in pig country, it will mean better pig numbers too in the future.

But of course, messes up the current trip. Good luck.

500Nitro

(.450 member)

08/11/11 03:34 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

The Pig Country up there has had a fair bit of rain
although one spot / area has had very little.

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tophet1

(.400 member)

08/11/11 03:39 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Season has been very good. B-I-L got the the best crop (yield and quality) in the NW. We may still get to go. Fingers and toes crossed.

Hunter_338

(.275 member)

09/11/11 12:32 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Due to the rains over the last 12 months, I cancelled my camel trip this year in July.
When I called the station owner, they said the feed is very high and water everywhere with the good season, and that the camels & donkeys have spread out and into remote areas and they were not seeing any around!

DarylS

(.700 member)

09/11/11 12:46 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Your weather mirrored ours, then. Record rain and for us, record low temps for the summer months. Hope it's a dry winter with little snow.

tophet1

(.400 member)

09/11/11 02:58 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Sorry to hear that Hunter 338. I hope you hadn't taken leave for that hunt.

Well no rain since last Saturday the 5th. Hopefully it will dry out in the 40 deg heat. With 1,200 squ kms of nothing (no water holes or creek lines, no fences, no roads) in the centre of the property I hope there will still be a reservoir of camels. There are large areas of gibber plain in the South and NW of the place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_pavement

If it drys out without more rain we are a goer. Stay tuned ...

500Nitro

(.450 member)

09/11/11 03:05 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Gibber plain - now that is one of the most desolate places I have ever been in my life, probably worse than Woomera rocket range and surrounding area which is very similar.

Sturt's Stony Desert is the other one.

Not much in those places, that's for sure.

CHAPUISARMES

(.416 member)

09/11/11 03:19 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Hi John,

That still doesn't sound the best to me, please take a Sat Phone as you may well need more than a Paramedic.....

Cheers Mate,

Jeff

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NitroX

(.700 member)

09/11/11 04:53 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

JM

I've forgotten, what is the general area where you hunt, nothing specific, but is it like SW Qld, NW NSW, or something like that.

Puts an area to the terrain and weather you are speaking of.

Hunter_338

(.275 member)

09/11/11 06:59 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Quote:

Sorry to hear that Hunter 338. I hope you hadn't taken leave for that hunt.

all ok, rather leave it and go another time when there are a few around.

I saved my leave, looking at something else down the track!

tophet1

(.400 member)

09/11/11 09:24 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

NitroX, 700km east of Alice Springs. Hunter 338, share plz.

mikeh416Rigby

(.450 member)

10/11/11 01:50 AM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Don't feel too bad lads: this year is shapeing up as the wettest on record here. So far, for the year, we're over 24 inches above normal for the amount of rain we've received. Saturday, a week ago, we got 8 inches of snow...a record for our area, for the month of October. Hundreds of thousands of homes lost their power, and thousands are still doing without it.

blacks

(.275 member)

10/11/11 11:17 AM

Re: Frustrating Weather

John, I hope the rain stays away and you and the boys get to enjoy your hunt.

Besides, you have a lot of recoinassance to do!!

blacks

Ripp

(.577 member)

10/11/11 12:53 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Quote:

Your weather mirrored ours, then. Record rain and for us, record low temps for the summer months. Hope it's a dry winter with little snow.

Agree---and we can all hope..BUT, they (weather guru's) are calling for more of the same as last year...

Ripp

tophet1

(.400 member)

10/11/11 02:07 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Sounds like you blokes are suffering some of the planets cyclic changes too. Well they had small falls again last night .... aaaarrgghh.

kamilaroi

(.400 member)

10/11/11 03:33 PM

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Quote:

NitroX, 700km east of Alice Springs. Hunter 338, share plz.

Upper channel country eh? Any mound springs?

500Nitro

(.450 member)

10/11/11 03:54 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Boulia and Diamantina country.

Hunter_338

(.275 member)

10/11/11 06:07 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

South East of Alice!

kamilaroi

(.400 member)

10/11/11 07:48 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Quote:

Boulia and Diamantina country.

Yep, I wasn't trying to be bleeding obvious.

500Nitro

(.450 member)

10/11/11 07:56 PM

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Quote:

Quote:

Boulia and Diamantina country.

Yep, I wasn't trying to be bleeding obvious.

700km East of Alice and "Boulia and Diamantina country"
are the same thing.

I think most people can use a map.

kamilaroi

(.400 member)

10/11/11 09:11 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

^but not so much the wider audience.

500Nitro

(.450 member)

10/11/11 09:25 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Quote:

^but not so much the wider audience.

If they are thick as two short planks, maybe
but mate, honestly, do you really think people
are that stupid and can't figure out where
700kms east of Alice is on a map.

In any case, it is one hell of a big area and
there is game all over that area in parts.

tophet1

(.400 member)

11/11/11 02:58 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

It's a goer. No more rain so we are off....

500Nitro

(.450 member)

11/11/11 03:05 PM

Re: Frustrating Weather

Have a good trip - and shoot straight !!! LOL

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blacks

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