December Observations & Happy New Year


With the New Year upon us, it’s time to post the December observations.

December Observations

  • The Christmas Party was well attended this year and a great time was had by all. My personal thanks to everyone involved in the planning, organising, provisioning (food and drink), logistics, photography, and the wonderful line-up of speakers who made it such a memorable occasion. Magnificent effort everyone and thanks for the chocolates.
  • Ken has had two operations on his back and we wish him a speedy recovery.
  • Dave has stopped whining about his shoulder and has started swimming again. Yay!
  • There have been thousands of fish visiting this month and you don’t have to swim far to see them.
  • Louise has decided that the water is getting too warm so she has disappeared to cooler climes for a month.
  • Ruth, Dave U., and Chris have headed south, Bevan, Judy & John – north.
  • Speaking of directions, Stephen has been magnificent at explaining the points of the compass to Dave. Thanks Stephen! 🙂
  • For those of you who use Twitter, I have added a SwimmingIdiots account to record the daily temperatures. These tweets also feed directly to the website so if you happen to be across the country or across the sea, you can check out the Twitter feed to see what the temperature was for the day, or check the website.
  • After a few of Ken’s thermometers breaking (either from me sitting on one or the other giving up the ghost), we have now gone digital which provides an instant reading. Stephen down the Raglan St end uses the same device so our readings are more accurate. That’s not to say that I am expecting there to ever be a uniform water temperature…

 

Air & Water Temperatures

DateAir CWater C
Fri 01 Dec 201720.222
Sat 02 Dec 201719.621.8
Sun 03 Dec 201721.119.8
Mon 04 Dec 201719.219.9
Tue 05 Dec 20171618.4
Wed 06 Dec 2017
Thu 07 Dec 201718.519.4
Fri 08 Dec 20171919.9
Sat 09 Dec 20171820
Sun 10 Dec 201718.120.6
Mon 11 Dec 20172020.8
Tue 12 Dec 20172121.1
Wed 13 Dec 20172021
Thu 14 Dec 2017
Fri 15 Dec 2017
Sat 16 Dec 20172121.7
Sun 17 Dec 20172222
Mon 18 Dec 201722.622.1
Tue 19 Dec 20172722.3
Wed 20 Dec 201725.922.5
Thu 21 Dec 201722.321.9
Fri 22 Dec 201723.622
Sat 23 Dec 201725.422.6
Sun 24 Dec 201722.322.5
Mon 25 Dec 201718.421.8
Tue 26 Dec 201720.921
Wed 27 Dec 201723.621.5
Thu 28 Dec 201723.622.3
Fri 29 Dec 201725.622.3
Sat 30 Dec 201723.922
Sun 31 Dec 201721.722.6
Monthly Average21.421.35

December Images


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