Bushwalk Australia

Mt Bobs has ranked several mentions in recent weeks amongst the state's highest rainfall measurements on the ABC's nightly weather report.

Which begs the questions:

1. Is there a weather station on Mt Bobs?

2. Who is checking it on a daily basis?

It is a robot.

There are lots of automated remote weather stations many of them off the beaten track in spots that you can't exactly get to easily.

I've seen a few around the places.. e.g.
There is one out tucked away below Pelion West a couple of Km's out across Pine Forest Moor in the middle of nowhere..
On Mt Frederick - part of the Mt Weld Range a good couple of hours scrub bash to get to.

I didn't know about the one near Bobs - its referred to as North Boomerang on the BOM website.
http://www.bom.gov.au/tas/flood/southern.shtml

They don't need manual checking - they're equiped with solar panels and I assume they use UHF radio or satellite to send data.

Clever.

Which reminds me, a couple of years ago coming across a pole several meters high with welded steps out on the plateau behind Clumner Bluff. No weather recording devices attached. Just a pole...

wander wrote:It is a robot.

Ohhh ... how sad!! I had this image of a wizened bushwalking retiree (not unlike my self??) staggering the 7 hours each way, up and back, twice a day, to read the instruments. Wait on ... that would require a 28 hour day! Or perhaps our wizened friend is a tiger-walker?! YESSSS - that must be it!

Please, PLEASE let me cling to my fantasy!!

Cheers

Peter

whynotwalk wrote:

wander wrote:It is a robot.

Ohhh ... how sad!! I had this image of a wizened bushwalking retiree (not unlike my self??) staggering the 7 hours each way, up and back, twice a day, to read the instruments. Wait on ... that would require a 28 hour day! Or perhaps our wizened friend is a tiger-walker?! YESSSS - that must be it!

Please, PLEASE let me cling to my fantasy!!

Cheers

Peter

Robots enjoy the solitude of the bush too. But they only have to check the records once a day, at 9am, so they go out overnight and come back during daylight.

Don't forget that the BOM aren't the only people with weather stations. DPIPWE have several also, although I was not aware of one at Mt Bobs or the Boomerang.

MrWalker wrote:Robots enjoy the solitude of the bush too. But they only have to check the records once a day, at 9am, so they go out overnight and come back during daylight.

Fair call MrWalker, I guess robots deserve their wilderness refreshment too. I wonder if their need for water explains the mysterious changing water levels in Lake Sydney?? Am I onto something here?

Peter