Living On An Island ( Aussie One )
Feb 10, 2021 2:42:13 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Feb 10, 2021 2:42:13 GMT -5
From the top, North, East, South and West, clockwise around the Continent.... haven't we all dreamed at one stage of getting away from it all and just live on an Island somewhere ? Yeah ? Nah ?
So here are the choices, and a little of what I know about 'em...
Bathurst and Melville Islands are due north of Darwin, in the Top End of the Northern Territory. For the weather nerd, home to the famous 'Hector the Convector' thunderstorm cell, a permanent feature of the Wet Season on the Islands. Pirlangimpi on the North coast gets excellent monsoonal squalls and heavy rain during the 'Wet'.
Groote Eylandt, located in the Gulf of Carpentaria, has a world class deposit of Manganese and a huge mining operation recovering the ore. The Gulf has very warm shallow waters and is a prime breeding ground for the formation of Tropical Cyclones. Some pretty spectacular storms during the season as well.
Horn Is. and Thursday Is. at the tip of Cape York Peninsular, the most Northerly point in Australia. Don't need to own a hoodie up here....
Hamilton Is, part of the Whitsunday Group of islands along the Great Barrier Reef, and one of Australia's most popular tourist destinations. Your quintessential Queensland tropical getaway....
Lord Howe Is..... magnificent holiday destination in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. I have worked here so all expenses paid for....excellent ! Summers warm without the extremes of the mainland, winters cool without the extremes of the mainland. Winter storms pretty wild with the odd East Coast Low doing their thing.
Flinders Is. Located between Tasmania and Victoria smack bang in the middle of one of the roughest seas in the world. Cold, wet, windy and bleak, except when a Northerly heatwave from the mainland sends temps above 40c ! And trust me, take the ferry from Melbourne to Devonport on an empty stomach.....
The most Southerly lighthouse in Australia is located on Maatsuyker Is. So at 43*S, the winds of the Roaring Fourties blow unabated...here's a quote I found....
"Weather conditions in the area can be extreme, with the Roaring Forties wind being a particular problem. The maximum wind gust ever recorded was 176 km/h.[9] Reportedly, the first keepers of the light took chickens with them to Maatsuyker but the fowls blew away into the ocean. Given the wind and lack of shelter, this is possible if they were left outside during storms. Vegetables get blown flat by the wind, but surprisingly, can be grown successfully,[10] even though the garden is on the west side of the island, facing into the prevailing winds.
To add to the wind, there are an average of 249 rain days a year."
Kangaroo Island, South Australia, is the largest Island off the coast. Sadly nearly completely burnt out by last summers bushfires, extensive property, livestock, flora and fauna losses. I've included two climate boxes, one for Kingscoat, the largest town on the eastern side of the Island, and another for Cape Borda, on the western tip of the Island facing the prevailing westerlies and frontal systems swinging up from the Great Australian Bight.
Rottnest Is, due West of Perth, a favourite day trip and holiday destination during a scorching Perth summer. The old saying, "gunna get blotto on Rotto..." Ok, go for it but "Quokka Soccer" is forbidden ! Perth usually gets relief in the summer months from the sea breeze known as "the Fremantle Doctor". Generally Rotto has this cooling wind even on the hottest days over on the mainland. Epic frontal winter storms screaming in from the Indian Ocean is a feature in the cooler months.
Barrow Island. ( or 'Barrowdise' as it was known to the 10,000 construction workers who built the worlds largest LNG Facility in the last decade. ) A Class A Nature Reserve off the Pilbara Coast. An awful humid climate during the summer months, also prone to the most powerful Tropical Cyclones recorded in Australia.
"Highest Wind Record
The World Meteorological Organization established Barrow Island as the location of the highest non-tornado related wind gust at 408 km/h (253 mph). The gust occurred on 10 April 1996, during Severe Tropical Cyclone Olivia and is documented in the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal. The previous record was a 372 km/h (231 mph) gust at Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA in April 1934."
So here are the choices, and a little of what I know about 'em...
Bathurst and Melville Islands are due north of Darwin, in the Top End of the Northern Territory. For the weather nerd, home to the famous 'Hector the Convector' thunderstorm cell, a permanent feature of the Wet Season on the Islands. Pirlangimpi on the North coast gets excellent monsoonal squalls and heavy rain during the 'Wet'.
Groote Eylandt, located in the Gulf of Carpentaria, has a world class deposit of Manganese and a huge mining operation recovering the ore. The Gulf has very warm shallow waters and is a prime breeding ground for the formation of Tropical Cyclones. Some pretty spectacular storms during the season as well.
Horn Is. and Thursday Is. at the tip of Cape York Peninsular, the most Northerly point in Australia. Don't need to own a hoodie up here....
Hamilton Is, part of the Whitsunday Group of islands along the Great Barrier Reef, and one of Australia's most popular tourist destinations. Your quintessential Queensland tropical getaway....
Lord Howe Is..... magnificent holiday destination in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand. I have worked here so all expenses paid for....excellent ! Summers warm without the extremes of the mainland, winters cool without the extremes of the mainland. Winter storms pretty wild with the odd East Coast Low doing their thing.
Flinders Is. Located between Tasmania and Victoria smack bang in the middle of one of the roughest seas in the world. Cold, wet, windy and bleak, except when a Northerly heatwave from the mainland sends temps above 40c ! And trust me, take the ferry from Melbourne to Devonport on an empty stomach.....
The most Southerly lighthouse in Australia is located on Maatsuyker Is. So at 43*S, the winds of the Roaring Fourties blow unabated...here's a quote I found....
"Weather conditions in the area can be extreme, with the Roaring Forties wind being a particular problem. The maximum wind gust ever recorded was 176 km/h.[9] Reportedly, the first keepers of the light took chickens with them to Maatsuyker but the fowls blew away into the ocean. Given the wind and lack of shelter, this is possible if they were left outside during storms. Vegetables get blown flat by the wind, but surprisingly, can be grown successfully,[10] even though the garden is on the west side of the island, facing into the prevailing winds.
To add to the wind, there are an average of 249 rain days a year."
Kangaroo Island, South Australia, is the largest Island off the coast. Sadly nearly completely burnt out by last summers bushfires, extensive property, livestock, flora and fauna losses. I've included two climate boxes, one for Kingscoat, the largest town on the eastern side of the Island, and another for Cape Borda, on the western tip of the Island facing the prevailing westerlies and frontal systems swinging up from the Great Australian Bight.
Rottnest Is, due West of Perth, a favourite day trip and holiday destination during a scorching Perth summer. The old saying, "gunna get blotto on Rotto..." Ok, go for it but "Quokka Soccer" is forbidden ! Perth usually gets relief in the summer months from the sea breeze known as "the Fremantle Doctor". Generally Rotto has this cooling wind even on the hottest days over on the mainland. Epic frontal winter storms screaming in from the Indian Ocean is a feature in the cooler months.
Barrow Island. ( or 'Barrowdise' as it was known to the 10,000 construction workers who built the worlds largest LNG Facility in the last decade. ) A Class A Nature Reserve off the Pilbara Coast. An awful humid climate during the summer months, also prone to the most powerful Tropical Cyclones recorded in Australia.
"Highest Wind Record
The World Meteorological Organization established Barrow Island as the location of the highest non-tornado related wind gust at 408 km/h (253 mph). The gust occurred on 10 April 1996, during Severe Tropical Cyclone Olivia and is documented in the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal. The previous record was a 372 km/h (231 mph) gust at Mount Washington, New Hampshire, USA in April 1934."
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