Well I'll find out about cold tomorrow, taking the buggy up to chilly old Scone for a spin, leaving early in the morning and providing it gets me there ok I'm heading off into the hills up to Upper Rouchel. Wish me luck and if you see me give me a wave and shout me a hot chockie.

Man I lived there years and years ago . and rode a motorcycle !! Your gunna FREEEEZE

ha thats not cold keep going north!
i stop working in the shed every time it hit's 0

Yeah, I know Uralla, worked out at Hillgrove out of Armidale back in the early 70s, reckon it's guna be a toss up between Uralla and Upper Rouchel

Bbbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

It's 10 degrees here on the gold coast as I type and thats more than cold enough for me!! Have fun down there mate, hope you have a good beanie/gloves/coat/scarf/other suitably warm attire!

we got plovers nesting on one of the roads through the farm,
when i got out there at 6:30 yesterday morning poor old plover had frost on its back
bet its eggs were nice and toasty though

i've just put wool seat covers in my bug, it's not as bad now but still cold in old armidale

Well I got there and back ok, not as cold as I was expecting though once I got to Muswellbrook it got just a wee bit nipply and then more so as I headed into the hills, good cruise home but as the sun went down the temp started to drop again. Most amazing thing is the old buggy got me there and back without so much as a hickup, I think I love it again.
Bugger shit and bum, I stoped typing to go and check how many k's i did (about 370 for those who have been on the edge of the seat waiting) and thought I'd check what apeared to be a puddle of water on the garage floor, I noticed it as I drove in, bloody great pool of brake fluid, that explains why the brake peddle was a bit down, I thought it was just that they needed adjusting, damn.

This thread is quite refreshing. 40C here two days ago!

So just where is 72hundred miles off the Queensland coast?

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Originally posted by donn So just where is 72hundred miles off the Queensland coast?

Well it looks like I need to update the poota, I can't find that road anywhere on google.

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Originally posted by donn Well it looks like I need to update the poota, I can't find that road anywhere on google.

Hey Donn, I was driving around town last week with the lid off on old red. Wasn't too bad at 6am. I reckon this year is no where near as cold as last year. Would have kept the lid off to had it not been for the rain on Tuesday morning. I looked outside, looked fine so off I ventured. Got to Birmingham Gardens and down it came. I didn't get wet unless i stopped so I didn't stop. My work shirt was on the passengers seat and was still dry when I arrived in the basement at work. I think I just got lucky. Drove to Gerroa today (in the Monaro) and noticed that it isn't that cold down here either. Maybe I am changing. Getting old and getting hot...haha

Yeah Red, took the buggy up to Dondingalong (yes there is such a place) near Kempsy once, rained all the way and the blokes I was meeting up there were laughing fit to fall over as I arrived, they couldn't believe it when they found out that I and my camping gear was dry as, though the only place I stopped was under an awning at a servo.

You guys must just get numb when you get older or sillier not to feel the cold.

I bet it will be cold at Gunnedah this week end when we go up there I had a look on the net and it said it will get down to 0 dec over night on Fri night I will feel it as I'm skinny and don't have any extra padding to keep me warm

Hey Red why don't you bring the monaro up to Gunnedah Drags on the week end?

Well, its just as cold as last year in Scone...
a few -0C and many 8C by 7pm at night...
and 5C later on...

I've been working on My beetle some nights...
in a carport... and it didn't feel too cold...

but when the Freezing winds hit.... BRRRRR

Hands are too cold to use the tools...

Should be back on the road tomorrow...

LEE


PS: I believe We do get used to the cold weather...
and the heater in My beetle works great....

Just got back from taking my 8-year old daughter skiing (at Smiggins) for the first time. We parked the VW Golf at the Ski Tube terminal at Bullocks Flat, where it sat for 3 days. It got to -3 overnight on Saturday but didn't snow that far down. It did snow at Smiggins and the wind chill was -10 at the top of Blue Cow.

The Golf started first time when we got back to it on Sunday - not surprisingly. And it was beautiful to drive back to Sydney that evening in air-con comfort. Glad I didn't take the Kombi.