Yes, Schantieman, it is summer in Bass Strait, but a very large High (pressure system) brought Antarctic air clear up to the Queensland border. It snowed in Melbourne, the Snowy Mountains (of course), on the bushfires currently raging in the Blue Mountains, the New England (our version) and at Wallangarra, a township 50 metres north of the Queensland border. There were gale force winds from the New England to north of Brisbane, where rooves were ripped off several houses and power blackouts over a wide area.

Not our usual start to summer. But I hope you get to have a good time sailing.

Cheers, Rowan