Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Middle of fucking nowhere
think of it this way: if you had a large mountain range oriented N/S in the middle of Australia, you'd have a lush tropical environment on the western half of the country. then maybe you'd actually go to Perth :P
Jul-21-2012 22:21
Sushipunk
Flickering, I roam
Registered: Sep 2006
Location: Chateau Verdafloor
Yeah, it's mostly east of the Great Dividing Range that most of the rainfall lands, hence the fucking huge desert in the middle. And of course there's tons of rain in the northern parts of Oz, like north QLD and Northern Territory, since it's fully tropical up there.
Jul-21-2012 22:29
Sushipunk
Flickering, I roam
Registered: Sep 2006
Location: Chateau Verdafloor
From my wanderings today.
Jul-22-2012 05:36
tubularbills
Max Power!
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Middle of fucking nowhere
quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
Yeah, it's mostly east of the Great Dividing Range that most of the rainfall lands, hence the fucking huge desert in the middle. And of course there's tons of rain in the northern parts of Oz, like north QLD and Northern Territory, since it's fully tropical up there.
yeah northern Australia gets the monsoon, which is a shifting of the trade winds; causing precipitation.
why is Australia's abbreviation Oz?
Jul-22-2012 15:26
EddieZilker
This is the dance.
Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Marijuana Sex Camp
quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
From my wanderings today.
...
These are brilliant! Nice work, Stu.
Jul-22-2012 16:05
tubularbills
Max Power!
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Middle of fucking nowhere
peg leg
Jul-22-2012 16:48
Sushipunk
Flickering, I roam
Registered: Sep 2006
Location: Chateau Verdafloor
quote:
Originally posted by tubularbills
why is Australia's abbreviation Oz?
Australians = Aussies, which is pretty much pronounced Ozzies. Therefore, Oz.
Jul-22-2012 21:38
tubularbills
Max Power!
Registered: Apr 2003
Location: Middle of fucking nowhere
quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
Australians = Aussies, which is pretty much pronounced Ozzies. Therefore, Oz.
well, how about that.
Jul-22-2012 22:09
citric_acid
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: May 2004
Location: Montana
went camping, decided to turn my jeep into a hammock stand using my recovery gear. success!
on a side note, my dogs are really good at eating the fish i catch before i can release them. doh
Jul-23-2012 00:49
Joss Weatherby
Banned
Registered: May 2008
Location: The Pacific Northwest, of course
Reiterating how nice the weather looks there... apparently the entire country besides parts of New England and the Pacific Northwest are having the worst drought year since the 1950s.
Couldn't tell here, its been off and on raining for the last week and it doesn't look like its getting much better. I wouldn't mind some drought weather.