Paul Rosser 
66.0mm for April, which was pleasing to get. That gives us 124.0mm for the year to date (YTD). It rained on 11 of the 30 days in April.
This compared with other years as follows:
Year Monthly YTD
2023 66.0mm 124.0mm
2022 23.0mm 73.5mm
2021 22.0mm 81.5mm
2020 52.0mm 110.0mm
2019 4.5mm 14.5mm
2018 9.0mm 27.0mm
2017 63.0mm 146.5mm
2016 11.0mm 105.0mm
2015 70.5mm 125.5mm
2014 40.0mm 108.0mm
2013 33.0mm 67.0mm
2012 27.0mm 142.0mm
So, it was the equal second wettest April since 2012, when our Aldinga Arts and Eco Village (AAEV) records began & our third wettest YTD to the end of April.
Our ground moisture is not bad for this time of year and we can reduce water consumption from now onwards, as winter approaches. I noticed our farmer friend to our north on Bowering Hill has seeded for this year. Our day time temperatures will be slightly above average, he says as the Antarctic weather has been around this week. Don’t be confused, we still have global warming so let’s not get complacent.
Night time temperatures too will be a little above average due to cloud cover. Rainfall will be around average, mainly from the south-west to westerly direction. Our creek has had a couple of flushes through already & the dams have water in them. The frogs are quite loud in some dams, after the wet. It is also pleasing that our 50,000 litre tank is half full, which is good. With our automatic cleaning system the water quality is good. You can see the bottom of the tank it’s that clean.
If you were a First Nations Person. you’d be eating a feed of mullet at this time of year. When I visited friends on the Coorong I found a fish corral. It took the form of a crescent of stones out about 25 metres out from the shore & went for about 40 metres parallel with the shore. The fish were herded into the area & it was sealed off with brush, then at low tide they went in & collected the fish by hand. Who needs a line, hooks & sinkers or big nets?
That’s all for this month. Sorry it is a bit late but we have been having some computer problems this last fortnight.
All the best,
Paul Rosser
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