[lace-chat] Outback Adventures

2007-03-18 Thread David in Ballarat
Dear Friends, I arrived home yesterday morning after another month in Australia's glorious Outback. Thank goodness it's a very pleasant 25C here in Ballarat today, so I don't have to do too much acclimatizing. A month up north will always yield some exciting adventures and this year was no

[lace-chat] Outback Adventures P.S.

2007-03-18 Thread David in Ballarat
Dear Friends, I forgot to sat that on the night of that flood, Burrell Creek rose some 12 metres (40 feet) as a result of about 30cm (12) of rain. It only took about 24 hours to drop to it's normal West Season level, but by then the damage was done - orchard totally gone, many rare palms