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Granny Weatherwax's card

In some of Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels one of his witches transfers into the mind of an owl, leaving her body a little comatose.  She holds a sign on her chest saying "I aren't dead"when she does this. Rather than holding up such a sign I will refer you to this blog  for the next while.

June 2016 Weather

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Temperatures (Jan 1993 to date) Current year Max Min Average June 2016 14.0 -4.6 7.0 Past years Max Date Min Date June 20 8 June 2005 -10 08 June 1996 All Months 45  24 Jan 2001 -10  02 Aug 1997 Rainfall (May 1984 to date) Current year Past years Total Average Max Min June 176.2 54.4 144.3 4.2 Annual total 821.1 (est) 659 1005 410 Rainfall for the month is highlighted as it is the highest for the month of June in this area since records began in 1984.  The heaviest day was 5 June on which we received 8...

June updates

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The image below isn't really an update, but it is cute. It isn't great quality, being taken through a window in dusk, but I thought the record of a family of Swampies on the lawn on 12 June was pretty good.  The small dog went completely ballistic. The mum and bub turned up again on 30 June. If you don't think Junior is cute, I suggest you get your medication adjusted. This Blog I have added a few bits and pieces to the East Coast Low post  include a reference to this having the second highest daily rainfall recorded in Carwoola. The Bird a Day situation for 8 June has been corrected!  (It was published on 9 June, but the matters referred to occurred on 8 June.) Some insights into bat management have been linked. A link to ABC coverage of Eden Monaro has been added. I have added some updates to the Brexit post . Several posts have included comment about Australian political matters, including one grumpy reaction to answering the phone to find it was r...