King Tides

Actualy you have described Spring tides:

King tide is the popular name for an especially high tide. The phrase is used mostly in Australia and other Pacific nations.

In the lunar month, the highest tides occur roughly every 14 days, at the new and full moons, when the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun are in line. These are called spring tides.

On Australia's East Coast, the highest tides occur during the winter months of June, July and August, and the summer months of December, January and February. The highest of each of these periods (i.e., one in winter and one in summer, totalling two per year) are known as the king tides.

Cheers

Pete

You've been hanging out with Norrie again, haven't you Pete?

I have lost touch with Norrie - but he was a good mate. It is amazing how much of his excellent advice has stuck in my mind. However the info above came from wikipedia.

I still have a copy of the mariner's handbook at home - and a star globe that somehow became the captain's property when they were discontinued in preference for those silly plastic widgets.

On tides, I remember the first time I was in Broome as X of the Witch. We arrived at the top of a king tide and I stepped off the main deck onto the wharf and took off with fisheries. When I came back 6 hours later I though the boss had sailed without me - only the satnav antenna was visible above the wharf. Do you remember using the extension ladder from the boat to the bottom of the wharf ladder there?

And then there was that time during the shake down for the 'gong when that clown made us jump off the wharf at Darwin at low tide ...

Cheers

Pete

Or the reporters that had their voice over on the youtube video repeated on the news. The video was the one showing the rapidly rising creek washing cars away. A driver of a GQ patrol ran up to his car, locked the hubs and drove away. The reporter told how the driver let down his tyres ( in 3 seconds !!) so it wouldn't float away then dorve away.

Those filming originally were private people who obvoiusly wernt 4wd 'ers.

That's true Graham, they can be excused, but the professional reporters when it was repeated with their voiceover on ABC could have got it right.

Thats because they employ parrots who know no better than spout off whats put in front of them.

Like the one on Nine just now going DOWN the river from the mouth to the CBD.

For Gods sake spare me.

Does it matter who said what? The guy was very lucky to have just enough time to move his rig, and be still alive to talk about it!
Capt.

Probably not but if they are going to report things they should be accurate I agree he was lucky, unlike the other poor devils.

However when all day they were saying the Ipswich levels would be under 20m and some dipstick who just bleated on about 80m was irresponsible and could have alarmed people in Ipswich uneccessaryily, when a little thought and checking an improbable figure would have fixed it.

Some of them obviously dont listen to what their associates are saying.

How smart you must be Graham H !!! Always so quick and smart to criticise other peoples and decisions others are making..... Amazing.
Happy travels to all (even you)
Steve

So its alright for them to distribute totally erroneous information like that in what is already a stressful situation.

I thought journalism was supposed to be an honourable factual proffession.

I wasnt the only one to question it either.