Wednesday, 9 February 2011  

                      Great news:

              We made it and are on our way to Antarctica.  

                   

Crossing the Date Line en-route Sydney- Buenos Aires 

Dateline: (Local time: - 2h 15min)                

Altitude: 12280m 

Outside Temp: - 40C

Sunrise: 23:30 (Sydney time; at high altitude)

No Sunset

SUNNY HIGH ABOVE THE CLOUDS

Sunday, 6 February 2011  

A week of weather extremes in Australia: 

Storms, Heatwave, Record Rainfall, Bush Fires.

Q: Cyclone Yasi devastates towns from Townsville to Cairns.

NSW: Heatwave: 7 days of Temperatures over 30° in Sydney. 

Vic: 200mm Rainfall in Melbourne, highest daily rainfall ever. 

WA: Bushfires destroyed 42 houses. 

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:27 am  -  Sunset: 7:56 pm

               Temperature: Min: 28C  -  Max: 36C 

              after Midnight still 33C, Cool Change at 3pm: 23C

             OVERCAST, HOT, LATER STRONG WINDS 

Saturday, 29 January 2011  

Egyptian pro-democracy uprising is supported by the army, but president Hosni Mubarak refuses to stand down; all phone and internet connections are shut down.

Katoomba:  Sunrise: 6:13 am  -  Sunset: 8:03 pm 

                   Temperature Min: 11C  -  Max: 21C 

                  SUNNY

Sunday,  16 January 2011  

As result of the Tunisia Turmoil president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali fled his country after weeks of mass protests culminated in a victory for people power over one of the Arab world's most repressive regimes. 

Sydney:  Sunrise: 6:00 am  -  Sunset: 8:09 pm    

               Temperature: Min: 22C  -  Max: 28C           

              MOSTLY SUNNY

Tuesday,  11 January 2011  

Queensland Floods worsened with an ‘Inland Tsunami’ devastating Toowoomba and 3/4 of Queensland is under water.  9 people are dead, 72 missing and 14 000 people are isolated. 

Sydney:  Sunrise: 5:56 am  -  Sunset: 8:10 pm 

              Temperature: Min: 22C  -  Max: 26C              

          CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS

Sunday, 9 January 2011  

A series of flash floods and mudslides struck townships north-east of Rio de Janeiro, killing over 700 people and over 400 are reported missing and nearly 14000 are homeless in  Brazil's worst ever natural disaster. 

 Sydney: Sunrise: 5:54 am  -  Sunset: 8:10 pm

                Temperature: Min: 21C  -  Max: 27 C  

                RAIN: 9mm

     Friday, 31 December 2010 - Saturday,  1 January 2011

NEW YEAR:

“A NEW START”

           One and a half million celebrate at Sydney Harbour

    Sydney:  31.12.10: Sunset: 8:09 pm  -  1.1.11: Sunrise: 5:47 am  

                   Temperature: 31.12.10: Min: 21C  -  Max: 25C 

                                               1.1.11: Min: 19C  -  Max: 31C                     

             MOSTLY SUNNY AND VERY HOT