Macca's Meanderings

  Hi again It was Easter when I started writing this blog. We had a few days of unseasonal rain - a tropical low formed just north east of us.  16 April - We now know the low that dropped a heap of rain here over Easter moved along the coast to WA forming into cyclone Ilsa. It crossed the coast near Port Headland as a category 5 cyclone, wiping out the Pardoo Roadhouse. Just before crossing the coast, it tracked over Bedout Island where the BOM has an automatic weather station. It measured a wind gust at 289 kms/hour before the equipment broke. These big cyclones have seriously scary energy and power.  Below is a photo of a part of the Croker coast near the airport - no trick photograph or filters. We were to have groups of people flying into Minjilang for Easter from Maningrida, Warrawi (Goulburn Island) and Jabiru (in Kakadu National Park). Unfortunately the rain from the low pressure mentioned above caused those plans to be cancelled.  A couple of our rangers also got caught in Darw