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Greetings All,
Just looked out the window and there is snow on the Kaweka tops, Not just a little bit either. Mid December we had 30 plus degree days and the grass was brown. Since then we have had over 100mm of rain, max temps are in the teens and the grass is green and full steam ahead. I guess the La Nina is here.
Regards Grandpamac.
PS Will have to get that bloody mower out again.
Yip. There's snow on t he top of the hills above the Desert road summit too.
No wonder why I have my fire going
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great for farmers hey!
Same here BuzzQuote:
Originally Posted by buzzmann
Apparently the stags are roaring
Winter all year in Canterbury
Fire on most nights
Pool is 15°
Pool was 26° at times in December 2024
Creek is roaring outside my workshop
Greetings,
We had a very dry Spring in HB, barely 50mm total on our place. We have had over 70mm since Christmas day. I jokingly suggested lighting the fire earlier. Doesn't seem that funny now.
GPM.
Yep. Snow on the Kaimanawa tops which have just come into view now as cloud lifts & rain stops.
Probably a few people caught out by the weather up there too
I feel pretty sorry for people who only get their summer holidays at Christmas New Year and haven't seen the sun, haven't been able to swim and haven't been able to do any of the things they might have planned.
So far this year it's rained at some stage every day.
Several days were very heavy sideways rain and bloody cold.
It's raining sideways again now from the south so you guys up north might get another light dusting over night
Yep..... been there, done that, Boxing day in the Ruahines on a 4 day summer loopQuote:
Originally Posted by charliehorse
Not as bad as last nights dump though, but just as cold and unexpected
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Come on Over and visit if your after sun. Its been sitting between mid 20s and 30s over here since mid December. Sea temp is low 20s. Best summer break for a few years.
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I remember reading somewhere about a Central North Island high country sheep station losing 2,000 or 20,000 sheep or some such horrendous number to a massive snow storm in late December, back in the 1920's.
Is that the old Aranga Hut?Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Sure is :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by BRADS
hard case, I think my father and I were up on the Rangi tops that same event. Woke up in the morning to enough snow that I had to come back a week later to find half the gear wed left laying around our tent.Quote:
Originally Posted by NIMROD
Snowing at the Waiau Pass today, Nelson Lakes NP.
Bring back global warming I reckon……brrrrrrr
New years day in 2001, from memory, there was snow on the Kawekas too.
yep that's nice weather, the human zoo of people in the big city erases all desire to visit though unfortunately.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dicko
I wonder if snow at this time will effect the fawn survival rate for the season or if most are old enough now to make it through.
Yep. It's all these idiots falling for the "we must plant more trees to save the planet" bullshit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bush Basher
They've over done it.
Better get out and cut a few down.
Regarding fawn survival, they are mostly up and running with mum, so should be hardy enough to handle it.
Quite a few of the Sika don't end up having fawns until later in December. Seen a couple of hinds a week before Christmas that were heavily pregnant.Quote:
Originally Posted by Shearhuntfish
End of the day it's mother nature's form of population control.
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Mitre and the Kings in the Tararuas yesterday.
The tussock hill on the left is Baldy.
Heavily pregnant or pot bellied?Quote:
Originally Posted by TLB
I've seen a lot of sika hinds (triple figures) over the last couple of weeks and most of them have fawns running with them already.
Where I've been it's been a high fawning percentage. Unfortunately.
Pregnant.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
Shot a couple with fawns in them too.
Yeah where I was was is the opposite so might have something to do with it. Not super high fawning rate I don't think. Eaten themselves out of feed so probably effects the fawning rate a bit.
All beech country with the odd small clearing.
That was before Christmas as per the first reply too, probably all born by now I would think.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
