Alfred

[Mark from Brisbane]

Saw a mob of about 25 bin chickens flying overhead earlier. Heading west.

They know what’s coming

 

[Sea Eagle 4 Life]

Saw a mob of about 25 bin chickens flying overhead earlier. Heading west.

Smart.
Stay safe all!!!!

 

[The '47ers]

Saw a mob of about 25 bin chickens flying overhead earlier. Heading west.

Ohh great

 

[The '47ers]

I knew the guy who ran the Tru-value at Pottsville years ago.

1 - I'm not sure he's still there
2 - I don't think that's relevant right now.

The lads might be able to namedrop you and get a discount 😉

 

[Rackets]

Carrara, not far from AFL stadium but a lot higher up.

I'm not far from you manlyfan76. Mermaid Waters and the strong winds and rain have been on and off

That was earlier today

 

[SeaEagleRock8]

I'm not far from you manlyfan76. Mermaid Waters and the strong winds and rain have been on and off
View attachment 29439
That was earlier today

Better bring those deck chairs in!
Good luck everyone

 

[Rackets]

Better bring those deck chairs in!
Good luck everyone

I remembered when I took that photo...lol. Would've probably ended up in one of the neighbours yards, or roof.

 

[double hoops]

Compare the pair.

A twirly wirly hits Cowboy country. No one blinks an eyelid.

A twirly wirly is just parked up off the ocean somewhere near Broncos, Dolphins and Titans land. The Sky is falling. The Gold Coast paper has headlines 'It's Scary a biblical flood is coming' Rugba players WAGs are having dummy spits and throwing darts at the NRL. How dare you play your little game this weekend.

Slight difference.

 

[globaleagle]

I'm not far from you manlyfan76. Mermaid Waters and the strong winds and rain have been on and off
View attachment 29439
That was earlier today

Must've been a strong wind the day that light pole bent!

 

[Eagle 1]

We’ve got a lot of big trees, but none that would reach the house (hopefully). Down the backs the worry. Plenty of big trees close to the shed.
Tbh I’m more worried about the wildlife, especially the ones that hangout at our place. Butcher birds, Magies (with a newbie), The Kookaburras (they too have got a young-in). I had a visit from Butler the border collie from up the road this morning. I feed him cat biscuits, loves them. Two wood ducks down in the pond. Mrs Duck has a buggered leg and hobbles around, while Mr Duck stands protecting her. I’m going to try and leave the garage door open for as long as I can, so they have somewhere to shelter and eat/drink.

I'm with you Wombatgc
They'll be looking for shelter no doubt, could have quite a collection in the shed on Sat night.

 

[globaleagle]

Disaster!

In the midst of today's extreme conditions across the state's north, Ballina's Big Prawn has lost one of its antennae (AKA. the whisker-like things on its head).

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-06/tropical-cyclone-alfred-brisbane-forecast-queensland-nsw-live/105016116

 

[manlyfan76]

Better bring those deck chairs in!
Good luck everyone

Throw them in the pool.
Best place for them.

 

[mickqld]

155km/h winds predicted for Surfers Paradise to the Tweed. We're in Burleigh Heads.Hoping like hell the roof holds up. 25 year old brick veneer with tile roof cyclone rated but fingers crossed. We're elevated looking across to Tallebudgera

 

[manlyfan76]

155km/h winds predicted for Surfers Paradise to the Tweed. We're in Burleigh Heads.Hoping like hell the roof holds up. 25 year old brick veneer with tile roof cyclone rated but fingers crossed. We're elevated looking across to Tallebudgera

Definitely picking up now

 

[double hoops]

155km/h winds predicted for Surfers Paradise to the Tweed. We're in Burleigh Heads.Hoping like hell the roof holds up. 25 year old brick veneer with tile roof cyclone rated but fingers crossed. We're elevated looking across to Tallebudgera

Very Nice creek.

 

[Rackets]

155km/h winds predicted for Surfers Paradise to the Tweed. We're in Burleigh Heads.Hoping like hell the roof holds up. 25 year old brick veneer with tile roof cyclone rated but fingers crossed. We're elevated looking across to Tallebudgera

Definitely not looking forward to it. It's blowing a gale here now and they say it's only 48km/h, imagine 150!?

 

[The Wheel]

2.30am at Jacobs Well and it’s blowing very hard now. Any way back to sleep 😴

 

[globaleagle]

At Cape Byron, a wind gust of 111 kilometres an hour was recorded at 3:17am AEDT.
The 10-minute average is 83 kilometres an hour there.
Just north of the border, a 100-kilometre-an-hour gust was recorded at Coolangatta at 1:43am AEST today.
Meanwhile, closer to Brisbane a wind gust of 85 kilometres an hour was recorded at Cape Moreton just after midnight.

 

[globaleagle]

Wind information contained within the bureau's hazard products is made up of three key parts — average wind speed, wind gusts and wind direction.

The average wind speed is the average speed of winds that continue for a sustained period (10 minutes), while a gust is a sudden and brief increase in the wind speed that lasts from a few seconds to a couple of minutes.

Wind direction is also important. Wind direction is always written as the direction the wind blows from (i.e. a westerly wind blows from west to east).