In this part of the world summer is the wettest time of the year where thunderstorms can give you a quick 20mls just like that. A stormy day can provide as much as 150mls and we have had well over 200mls in a day on rare occasions. So to get 120mls over a couple of days was exactly what the garden needed.
On Monday it was down to around 18 degrees mid afternoon. The trakkie dacks and slippers were back out along with a warm cup of soup.
Today it is around 27°, I am sitting in shorts and singlet busily typing away. This morning was first time on the bike for a few days and I managed over 19k's. Then I mowed the lawn which was the first time since before we flew to Melbourne in August. Prior to being mowed it was strewn with gum leaves from the recent numerous windy days and trees in the street.
Now they have all gone, all cleaned up by the mower and into the green waste bin. I have re mixed some two-stroke fuel for the line snipper and sorted things out ready for the mowing season.
The pool is around 24° later in the afternoon so a bit cooler than that in the morning. But it is so refreshing after a long ride or mowing the lawn and cleaning up in the sub tropical spring.
Some bad news regarding the new TV Dongle, today it won't fire up. It worked OK yesterday but this morning I unsuccessfully tried a new HDMI coupler I had bought so I could connect it to my Tuner amplifier but after connecting it the thing didn't want to load. I manged to get something on the screen at one stage and it worked using the coupler, thus removing a possibly bodgy coupler causing it to crash.
There isn't a reset switch or anything on the box so letting it totally shut down for 24 hours and a restart then might do the trick but I seriously doubt it. And having bought it online from China means little or no recourse for a refund or a replacement unit.
Ah well, we will see.
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