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<blockquote data-quote="jilleroo" data-source="post: 982617" data-attributes="member: 8192"><p>Phew, very hot here again today - tomorrow will be similar and then we might start to cool off a little. Even a 40 degree day would be a cool change right now. I see they've cancelled the trains to Longreach because of fear of the lines buckling - its happened before. The bitumen roads are melting so those long-haul trucks will be making a fair mess of them. We've been removing a cattle crush and installing a new one in our homestead yards - hot and heavy work. The welder has just died so hubby is not happy.</p><p>I wasnt surprised to read that on Thursday, the day I went to Winton, it equalled its maximum temp ever recorded. There was a mare with a small foal in a bare paddock on the edge of town and I wondered if it would survive the day. Happily, when I was heading home it was still there behind its mother. Even the crows were dying on some properties, lots of other types of birds died, even some dead willy-wagtails here. </p><p>A heifer calved about 5 this morning and at 6 I was able to walk her and the calf about half a mile to some shade. Dumped some hay there to encourage the heifer to stay put. The pony mares spend the day around the house dam - every so often they jump in the dam and do a lap and then get back under their tree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jilleroo, post: 982617, member: 8192"] Phew, very hot here again today - tomorrow will be similar and then we might start to cool off a little. Even a 40 degree day would be a cool change right now. I see they've cancelled the trains to Longreach because of fear of the lines buckling - its happened before. The bitumen roads are melting so those long-haul trucks will be making a fair mess of them. We've been removing a cattle crush and installing a new one in our homestead yards - hot and heavy work. The welder has just died so hubby is not happy. I wasnt surprised to read that on Thursday, the day I went to Winton, it equalled its maximum temp ever recorded. There was a mare with a small foal in a bare paddock on the edge of town and I wondered if it would survive the day. Happily, when I was heading home it was still there behind its mother. Even the crows were dying on some properties, lots of other types of birds died, even some dead willy-wagtails here. A heifer calved about 5 this morning and at 6 I was able to walk her and the calf about half a mile to some shade. Dumped some hay there to encourage the heifer to stay put. The pony mares spend the day around the house dam - every so often they jump in the dam and do a lap and then get back under their tree. [/QUOTE]
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