The State Emergency Service (SES) and SA Health are warning South Australians that the current heatwave is a threat to public safety. There have been significant SA Ambulance call outs and an increase in people presenting to Adelaide metropolitan hospitals, some suffering from heat associated illness.
Why do many houses in the southeast have a lemon tree in the back yard? The Amateur Gardener has a lemon tree in his back yard. Not an ordinary lemon tree, mind you, but a healthy looking tree that produces quite a bit of fruit. The tree started flowering a few weeks ago. Flowers galore. [...]
The recent high temperatures and winds have brought home the fact that it is almost 26 years since the Ash Wednesday fires devistated much of this country. The south east has been lucky, there have been no major incidents in this area during the last week of high temperatures. Others weren’t so lucky though, with [...]
Official records released by the Bureau of Meteorology earlier today show that Wednesday and Thursday were two of the hottest days on record in Mount Gambier. The top temperature, as measured by the Bureau, was 43.6 for both days. That same temperature was also recorded on one day in the past, 16 February, 1983, the [...]
With the second consecutive day of Total Fire Bans declared across the State fortomorrow and continued lightening activity, the CFS is imploring farmers and landownersto inspect their properties and take heed of the Total Fire Ban restrictions in the wake ofanother fire caused by an angle grinder today. “It’s extremely disappointing that there are some [...]
A third day of total fire ban has been declared across South Australia for Friday. This follows three days of extreme heat, and rising winds from the northwest. There is not much respite from the heatwave, with another hot, windy day forecast. The district forecast is for very hot winds from the northwest, shifting to [...]
South Australia enters its second consecutive day of a total fire ban tomorrow (Thursday). The Bureau expects a dry and hot evening with clear skies. Winds will be moderate southerlies, turning to light to moderate from the north east later in the evening. Thursday will be a similar day to Wednesday. It will be dry, [...]
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology has issued their forecast for Wednesday. The Bureau expects the weather to be dry and hot to very hot throughout the State, with an extreme fire danger in most areas. The winds will be light to moderate from the north to northeast, becoming moderate to fresh during the morning. Light [...]
Mount Gambier almost went red for the first time this year today as temperatures reached 39 degrees. At 6:30 this evening, the temperature was still 36 degrees. The temperature fell to 8 degrees overnight, before steadily rising to be in the high 30s before midday. The top temperature for the day of 39 degrees was [...]
Christmas 2008 at Toowoon Bay and The Entrance, NSW.