My Spring Carnival

My Spring Carnival this year is rather tame. One member of the family has been studying for exams the last 5 years each Melbourne Cup weekend, so they are focused inwards. The "other half" runs his own business and never takes the Monday off. Quite often I have been working the weekend before Melbourne Cup. So yesterday, I watched the rain fall from the "comfort" of a busy library. Wiping rain soaked book covers and laughing at people huddling drenched outside the doors when we closed.

Our rain gauge at home has now measured more than 65mm from Friday night - Sunday morning. A decent soaking - so much so that I wondered whether we would have some minor flooding. However, the agee pipes have done their job well.
I was on holiday in outback NSW recently. While visiting the Menindee Lakes I met several hardy souls camping beside the lakes. As one does in the outback, we stopped to have a word or two. The Murray Darling Basin plan had just been released and people were concerned and outraged. With the Lakes full many expressed total disbelief in any "Climate Change" theory. And the recent rains here in Melbourne will just accentuate this view.

But time will tell. After all one year of weather, does not climate make. Whether or not the scientists are right, moving towards a low carbon economy will have great benefits.

But not for everyone. Some will lose livelihoods and more. It happened when my parents moved from their small town to a small city whilst seeking a better life.