Much more of a traditional summer this year, with the La Nina phase of the ENSO cycle seeing more swell from the east and some much appreciated... Read more →
The normal spring northerlies that peel your eyelids back and blow spinifex down the main street have been much more subdued this year as we move... Read more →
As we transit past the spring equinox on this very crazy year, the typical spring northerlies have finally made their presence felt. The delayed... Read more →
Winter kicked in, almost right on cue, with the first weekend in June featuring fairly solid pulses from the South, the result of an extended series... Read more →
Half way through Autumn, traditionally the season surfers and ocean lovers live for, and the surf has been less than stellar. 'Phenomenally... Read more →
The Iron Peg at Boulder beach is the only rock fishing location in Ballina Shire, apart from the river break walls, where an angler can fish beyond... Read more →
The first month of autumn has rolled around and the most notable characteristic was the lack of seasonal change. The record hot and dry summer has... Read more →
Summer is likely to go down in the record books as one of the hottest and driest on record. The one event that could change that is Cyclone Oma,... Read more →
No sooner had a dry winter pattern been predicted in the last column when the weather gods drenched us with a few inches of (much needed) rain. It... Read more →
Spring has sprung, the grass is dead, the northerlies are kicking off and tumbleweeds are blowing down the main drag. But it’s not all doom... Read more →