Jane Herbert @aussky - Bluesky Profile

3rd November 2025

Stormchasing and exploring around Katherine.

03.11.2025 10:53 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

2nd November 2025

Today was a looooong haul of near 600kms from Banka Banka north along the Stuart Hway to Katherine. We hit the road early before the heat set in, had coffee at Dunmarra and got to the caravan park about 2pm. It was ‘only’ 42°C/107.6°F. A pleasant storm after dark ended our day.

02.11.2025 11:05 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

1st November 2025

Our first day in the Northern Territory for our “chase month” and we’ve just had a couple of storms go over and drop about 25mm.

Banka Banka cattle station with an approaching storm for a backdrop.

01.11.2025 07:22 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

31st October 2025

Cloncurry to Camooweal via Mt Isa. Fascinating country. Different to previous days. Bloody hot. 42.2°C

31.10.2025 11:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

30th October 2025

Brolgas are beautiful birds and there are big flocks between Normanton and the Gulf of Carpentaria waiting for the rains to arrive.

30.10.2025 09:30 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

29th October 2025

Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria.

29.10.2025 09:46 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

28th October 2025

What clouds do around Karumba on the Gulf of Carpentaria.

28.10.2025 11:25 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

CAT 5 Hurricane Melissa looks incredibly intense on satellite just south of Jamaica. The storm is likely to turn north today and tomorrow and cause catastrophic damage over Jamaica as a powerhouse.

27.10.2025 12:43 — 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

27th October 2025

This afternoon’s skies in Queensland’s Gulf Country.

27.10.2025 12:49 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

26th October 2025

We said goodbye to the Coral Sea and spend our first night inland up at Atherton. Tomorrow we head for the hot country in Georgetown on our way to the Gulf

26.10.2025 08:02 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

25th October 2025

Patterns in the sand

25.10.2025 09:28 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

24th October 2025

Fluid dynamics….not just ocean and beach waves, but waves in the atmosphere.

24.10.2025 08:33 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

23rd October 2025

Staying at the Daintree Beach resort on Wonga Beach in FNQ which hosts both a coffee shop and restaurant. Excellent meal tonight accompanied by the local Bush Stone Curlew gang. These have been my favourite birds since I first met them up here in 1975.

23.10.2025 11:42 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

22nd October 2025

Patterns in the sand. Wonga Beach, FNQ

22.10.2025 09:45 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

21st October 2025

We wandered even further north along the tropical Queensland coast and settled for a few days at Wonga Beach.

21.10.2025 09:36 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

20th October 2025

Stuff. Port Douglas

20.10.2025 12:11 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

19th October 2025

Up to Port Douglas for a couple of nights.

19.10.2025 10:30 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

18th October 2025

The intertidal zone. Patterns in the sand.

18.10.2025 08:22 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Negative AAO/SAM related to recent warmth over Antarctica 🟥, storms over the mid-latitudes 🟦, and the ridge over Australia 🟥 that's giving October heat records a nudge.

17.10.2025 05:29 — 👍 5 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0