| Stormchase 24th November, 2009 | |
| Today is an odd
one for Darwin in November....its cool !, the morning starts with a good old 'Melbourne
drizzle' which lasts a couple of hours, the drizzle finally clears to a brisk southeast
breeze. A low over central Australia has sent a rare mid-latitude type trough into the Top
End followed by a pressure surge and a stiff southeast trade bring drier air from the
interior, the overcast however has made it feel very chill for Darwin. So today we decide
to head down to Adelaide River for some 'Barra' and chips at the BP garage, we discover
there has been some cost cutting and are told its 'imported Barramundi', we try it
anyway..no is not as good as the Top End Barra. Sitting at the picnic table we here a
train whistle and the Top End Ghan rolls into town, this train originally only went to the
Alice but with the new Track to Darwin you can ride this train all the way from Adelaide
to Darwin if you want. With the coolness little convection gets going until very late and
then its feeble along the sea breeze front northeast of Darwin. We head back for some
Indian tucker...... Report: Clyve Herbert Photography: Jane ONeill / Clyve Herbert |
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 A dirty, dead grey, drizzly morning in Darwin, thanks to a rare northward moving trough from central Australia |
 Another spectacular roadtrain! |
 The Ghan rolls through Adelaide River |
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 Feeble convection along the seabreeze front northeast of Darwin |
 One tower goes higher and drops a brief shower |
 Magpie geese driven out of a mango orchard across the road by loud Chinese pop songs |
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