Post by greysrigging on Mar 27, 2022 22:20:08 GMT -5
Rabbit Flat, located in one of the remotest regions of the Tanami Desert, a spec of flyshit on a map that was once a thriving metropolis of 4 ( the population doubled from 2 to 4 with the wife of the owner giving birth to twins ).
The place is closed now, although the BOM still has an AWS on the site of the former Roadhouse. I remember the cantankerous old bastard who ran the place ( about 45klms from the Tanami/Granites Gold Mines....he wouldn't serve us miners full strength beer, said we played up too much on it...mmmm fair observation haha )
Also fair to say the region is 'challenging' climatically with max temps well into the 40c's for upwards of 6 months of the year. Winter winds have a distinct 'chill' to them and frosty nights, although not common, happen most years. Add in a cyclonic low/monsoonal system in the Kimberley of WA or the Victoria River District of the NT, and flooding rains can close the Tanami Road for weeks at a time. The place gets a few decent storms in the wet season too.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_Flat,_Northern_Territory#:~:text=Rabbit%20Flat%20was%20a%20roadhouse,SE)%20on%20the%20Tanami%20Road.
www.farmonline.com.au/story/5980916/rabbit-flat-smashes-national-heat-record/
The Wikibox 1970-1998
And slightly more detail from Farmonline.
The latest BOM records for the AWS site.
Rainfall daily and monthly.
Max Temps.
Min Temps.
Some pics of the old roadhouse/fuel stop.
And any place named 'Rabbit Flat' in Australia should have a back story re the introduction and takeover of the Continent by the European Rabbit !
Barwon Park, near Geelong, VIC, the first breeding pairs released in 1859.
The spread after the first releases
Some reading material on Australia's rabbit plagues
www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/rabbits-introduced
unrememberedhistory.com/2017/06/21/thomas-aubring-me-some-rabbits-he-ordered-he-had-no-idea/
www.rabbitfreeaustralia.org.au/rabbits-in-australia/
The place is closed now, although the BOM still has an AWS on the site of the former Roadhouse. I remember the cantankerous old bastard who ran the place ( about 45klms from the Tanami/Granites Gold Mines....he wouldn't serve us miners full strength beer, said we played up too much on it...mmmm fair observation haha )
Also fair to say the region is 'challenging' climatically with max temps well into the 40c's for upwards of 6 months of the year. Winter winds have a distinct 'chill' to them and frosty nights, although not common, happen most years. Add in a cyclonic low/monsoonal system in the Kimberley of WA or the Victoria River District of the NT, and flooding rains can close the Tanami Road for weeks at a time. The place gets a few decent storms in the wet season too.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbit_Flat,_Northern_Territory#:~:text=Rabbit%20Flat%20was%20a%20roadhouse,SE)%20on%20the%20Tanami%20Road.
www.farmonline.com.au/story/5980916/rabbit-flat-smashes-national-heat-record/
The Wikibox 1970-1998
And slightly more detail from Farmonline.
The latest BOM records for the AWS site.
Rainfall daily and monthly.
Max Temps.
Min Temps.
Some pics of the old roadhouse/fuel stop.
And any place named 'Rabbit Flat' in Australia should have a back story re the introduction and takeover of the Continent by the European Rabbit !
Barwon Park, near Geelong, VIC, the first breeding pairs released in 1859.
The spread after the first releases
Some reading material on Australia's rabbit plagues
www.nma.gov.au/defining-moments/resources/rabbits-introduced
unrememberedhistory.com/2017/06/21/thomas-aubring-me-some-rabbits-he-ordered-he-had-no-idea/
www.rabbitfreeaustralia.org.au/rabbits-in-australia/
