Queensland - Spin-off from Batten Down the Hatches thread

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Now a category 3.

 

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An Interviewee on the Radio 4 News described a curious side effect as the presence of an overpowering smell of new mown grass - no idea how that would have arisen as I missed part of the report.

 

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An Interviewee on the Radio 4 News described a curious side effect as the presence of an overpowering smell of new mown grass - no idea how that would have arisen as I missed part of the report.

It's down to the sheer amount of vegetation drawn up into the air.

 

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Cardwell (directly under the path of Yasi as it crossed over to land) is now picking up the pieces.



_http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2011/02/03/147715_cyclone.html

 

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Rainbow Bay

_http://www.alltravels.com/australia/queensland/gold-coast/webcams/rainbow+bay-1384

Surfers Paradise Beach

_http://www.alltravels.com/australia...ebcams/surfers+paradise+beach+-+qld+-+au-1432

Coolangatta

_http://www.alltravels.com/australia/queensland/gold-coast/webcams/coolangatta-1382

Townsville - excellent site

_http://www.townsvillestorms.com/webcamlive.html

And Townsville is back in the news as a monsoon has meant the authorities have opened the floodgates.


Australian city braces as floodgates open

What isn't being widely reported is the local fauna

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Snakes as well as crocodiles.

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