V 33 (2) FEBRUARY 2002 IN THIS ISSUE ❖ Publications for 2001 ❖ NTCA Notice of Meeting ❖ Pastoral Market Update ❖ Weed Profile – Saffron Thistle ❖ Beefplan ❖ CAPAG Media Release – “Outback Industries” ❖ Computer Training – Expressions of Interest ❖ Nutrition Information on Local Pasture Species ❖ Use of Pink Ear Tags & Tail Tags in the NT ❖ Plant Profile – Barley Mitchell Grass ❖ Acacia Symposium – Wattle Seed ❖ Monthly Review of Temperature and Rainfall ❖ Activities for 2002 ❖ Notes from the Regional Director RURAL REVIEW PUBLICATIONS E-mail contact: [email protected][email protected]Website : www..dbird.nt.gov.au
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V 33 (2) FEBRUARY 2002
IN THIS ISSUE v Publications for 2001 v NTCA Notice of Meeting v Pastoral Market Update v Weed Profile – Saffron Thistle v Beefplan v CAPAG Media Release – “Outback Industries” v Computer Training – Expressions of Interest v Nutrition Information on Local Pasture Species v Use of Pink Ear Tags & Tail Tags in the NT v Plant Profile – Barley Mitchell Grass v Acacia Symposium – Wattle Seed v Monthly Review of Temperature and Rainfall v Activities for 2002 v Notes from the Regional Director
Camels Central Australian Camel Industry update November Cograzing Cattle and Camels March
Cattle Genetics
Is that a barren cow or a Freemartin? February Pompe’s Disease April What are Hermaphrodites March Health
Animal Health services February Importation of Cattle into the NT – Bovine Johne’s Disease Risk September Surveillance for Bovine Johne’s Disease September Swill Feeding March Markets CAPAG – “Cattle to Coles” November Jordan – An Emerging Market for Australian Cattle October Use of Pink HGP Free Tags in the NT August Nutrition
Compensatory growth in Cattle May Feed Digestibility October Phosphorus – Why is it so important February Water Medication news June/July
FarmBi$ FarmBi$ and Strategic Business Planning June/July FarmBi$ - Skilling Farmers for the Future October Planning – Are Death and Taxes the Only Things you can Rely On? May
Fire Management Bushfire Volunteers – Doing it for Free November Feed or Fuel? February Firebreaks Can’t be Relied Upon April What can History Tell Us About Fires in the Centre? September
Horticulture Alternative Crop Production in Central Australia June/July Date Production in Central Australia September Ti-Tree Table Grape Harvest May
Industry News Beefplan – Are you interested in starting a group? December/January Enterprising Territorians Inc – NT Leadership Development Program December/January Landcare Awards Launched in Alice Springs May National Science Week June/July New Industries Development Program December/January New Land Board Committee – Central Australia June/July Northern Beef Program Committee May Nuffield Program April Outback Industries Forum and Centralian Beef Showcasing December/January
Land Management Available Soil Phosphorus Survey March Benefits and Costs of Water Ponding Banks for Improved Pasture March The ‘Dirt’ Behind Ponding Banks April
Miscellaneous A Users Guide: How to Go Broke Ranching December/January AZRI – A Brief History September Gambusia holbrooki – Mosquito Fish June/July Rainfall Exceeds 1 Metre Mark October
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Useful Internet Sites November
Plant Profiles Apple Bush, Fruit Salad bush (Pterocaulon sphacelatum) August Bunched Kerosene grass (Aristida contorta) October Button grass (Dactyloctenium radulans) June/July Cotton Panic grass (Digitaria brownii) November Feathertop Wiregrass (Aristida latifolia) December/January Goathead Burr (Sclerolaena bicornis) September Kangaroo grass (Themeda triandra) February Purple Plume grass (Triraphis mollis) May Small-burr grass (Tragus australianus) April Whitewood (Atalaya hemiglauca) March
Quarantine Fire Ant Threat September The Eradication of Qld Fruit Fly at Ti Tree August
Weeds Weed Profile – Parkinsonia November Weed Profile – Rubberbush December/January Weeds Management Act October
To obtain copies of any articles listed, please contact: Claire Hill Department of Business, Industries and Resource Development PO Box 8760 ALICE SPRINGS NT 0870 Phone: (08) 8951 8107 Fax: (08) 8951 8112 Email: [email protected]
PRIMARY INDUSTRIES PUBLICATIONS 2001
Agnotes Order No BSE – New Feeding Bans on Ruminants to Prevent BSE K47 Fringed Spider Flower F92 Timber – Potential Cost and Returns for Timber Production in the NT G22 Cattle – Health Certificate and Waybill for Cattle Entering the NT J81 Cattle – Breeding Polled Cattle J80 Cattle – Genetic Effects on the Mature Weight of Cattle J78 Beef Cattle – Genetics Effects on the Productivity of Beef Cattle J79 Poisoning – Swainsonia Poisoning in Cattle and Horses K28 Poisoning – Urea Poisoning in Cattle K46
New Fishnotes Mud Crabs – Running on Empty? – How to ensure your mud crab is full 28
Updated Agnotes Burrs F78 Groundsel Bush F67 Harrisia Cactus F42 Mimosa pigra – Mimosa or Giant Sensitive Plant F2 Cattle Identification in the NT J74 Pigs – Keeping Your Own Pigs J27
New Technotes Bull Breeding – Nucleus Bull Herds 111
New Technical Bulletins ($8.80 unless otherwise marked) Entomologists – Proceedings of the Sixth Workshop For Tropical 288 Agricultural Entomologists – Darwin May 1998
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Fire – A Review of Fire as a Pastoral Management Tool in Central Australia 290 Horticulture Division Technical Annual Report 1999/2000 293 NT Primary Industry and Fisheries Statistics – Jan-Dec 1999 291 NT Primary Industry and Fisheries Statistics – 1999/2000 294 NT Primary Industry and Fisheries Statistics – Jan – Dec 2000 298 Pasture – Nutrients in Pasture Grasses in the Top End of the NT 191 Pasture – Nutrients in Pasture Legumes in the Top End of the NT 262 Peanut – Commercial Peanut Production in the NT 292 Soil – The Impact of Grazing on Soil Physical Properties 289 in a Sandy Open Woodland Technical Annual Report 2000/01 295
New Fishery Reports ($8.80 unless otherwise marked) Baramundi Fishery – Fishery Assessment Report for the NT 56 Barramundi Fishery Benthic – Review of the Harvest of Benthic and Associated 59 Species in the NT Aquarium Fishery Fishery Status Report 1999 55 Mud Crab Fishery – NT Mud Crab Fishery Assessment Report 1996-99 53 Mud Crab Fishery – Review of the NT Mud Crab Fishery 58 Management Plan Recreational Fishing Development Plan 2000-2010 61 Spanish Mackerel Fishery – Fishery Assessment Report for 52 the NT Spanish Mackerel Fishery – 1999 Shark – Overview of Issues in Managing the NT Shark Catch 57
Incidental Publications Beef Cattle Genetics applied to Extensive Herds ($8.80) Andrew Phillips
To obtain copies of any items listed, please contact: Publications Section Department of Business, Industries and Resource Development GPO Box 990 DARWIN NT 0801 Phone: (08) 8999 2313 Fax: (08) 8999 2307 Email: [email protected]
ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS
NOTICE OF MEETING
The Annual General Meeting of the Alice Springs Branch of the NTCA will be held at Tilmouth Well Roadhouse, Tanami Road on Friday, 22nd February, 2002, commencing at 2:00pm.
Afternoon Tea, drinks at the close of the meeting and the evening meal provided, courtesy of our sponsors.
SPONSORED BY: Northern Territory Farmers Fuel Elders Primary Industry Bank of Australia Westpac National Australia Bank Wesfarmers Landmark Southern Cross Alice Springs
"December at a glance" 18,120 head through the Port of Darwin during December, 2,250 more than November, but 9,285 less than December last year. "2001 at a glance" 258,127 head through the Port of Darwin during 2001, 41,052 less than 2000. (I will issue interstate and Australia wide figures as soon as they are available)
Live Buffaloes (Darwin Port)
Live Camels (Darwin Port)
Destination 2000 1-31 Dec
2001
1-31 Dec
2001
BRUNEI 2,326 145 2,683 37 338
W-MALAYSIA 337 0 0 0 20
SARAWAK 0 0 40 0 0
SINGAPORE 0 0 0 0 0
EAST TIMOR 0 0 4 0 0
TOTAL 2,663 145 2,727 37 358
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"January at a glance" 16,182 head through the Port of Darwin during January, 1,938 less than December but 4,123 more than January last year. A reasonably strong start to 2001!
Live Buffaloes (Darwin Port)
Live Camels (Darwin Port)
Destination 2001 1-31 Jan
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BRUNEI 2,683 585 585 338 16 16
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EAST TIMOR 4 0 0 0 0 0
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Prepared by the NT Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development.
This publication contains commodity market information prepared for DBIRD staff use in strategic research and extension planning. While DBIRD exercise care in the compilation and preparation of this information, no responsibility is taken for its accuracy or for the completeness of any information that is reproduced from other sources. DBIRD denies any loss or damage to any person whether caused directly or indirectly by the use of any of the information provided.
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WEED PROFILE: SAFFRON THISTLE Andrew O’Farrell
Weeds Branch, Alice Springs
Plant description Saffron thistle is an erect annual herb, growing to around 1m high or more but commonly 40 to 90 cm and reproduces by seed. Leaves form initially in a rosette to 20cm long often in a star shape and ending with a sharp spine at their ends. Mature plants have stiff, narrow leaves to 3- 8cm. Flowers are yellow or cream and form in heads at the ends of branches, surrounded by long ridged spines, developing in October and early December. Seed vary in size from 5-8mm and are ovoid in shape. Seed can remain dormant up to 8 years within soil until cultivation or other soil disturbance brings them to the surface. Germination takes place in autumn with rosettes forming in winter. Seed does not spread by wind but generally falls in the area of parent plants. Grazing notes Saffron thistle is a fierce weed. It is very invasive preferring disturbed soils, and tends to form huge matting of infestations with favourable climatic conditions. Plants compete with other pasture species and spines on mature plants are not only unforgiving to cattle but to humans as well. Habitat Saffron thistle generally grows in subtropical semi-arid regions and tends to grow in waste and roadside areas. Occurrence is particularly evident in roadside drains, floodouts, poor pastures or places with significant soil disturbance. Control Herbicide control by overall spraying with 2,4D amine or glyphosate herbicide can achieve adequate control in large outbreaks. An integrated and persistent approach is needed with control programs combining herbicide treatment, burning and pasture establishment. Cultivation or grubbing in small outbreaks will achieve control and usually destroy seed when shallow cultivation is undertaken to 10 –15cm. Monitoring and follow up spraying or cultivation should continue with any visible reshooting or new germination.
Information source * W.T. Parsons and E.G. Cuthbertson. Noxious Weeds of Australia. Second Edition. CSIRO Publishing. * D.P.I.F Saffron Thistle Agnote No:591. April. 1998 * Agriculture Protection Board of WA. Infonote 9/88.
For more information contact: Dept. of Business Industry & Resource Development
Primary Industries Weeds Branch, Alice Springs
% (08) 89518111
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BEEFPLAN
The MLA has a new program in North Australia and is looking for participants in the Territory
Exciting opportunity! There is a great opportunity coming up to learn more about the Meat and Livestock Australia’s (MLA) new program which is designed especially for beef producers in Northern Australia. BeefPlan’s vision is to provide an opportunity for northern beef producers to gain greater control of their future through personal development and improved business management.
What the participants say: Participants describe BeefPlan as:
� “A partnership with MLA, which is our organisation, funded by our transaction levies and government monies”
� “Producer driven” � “A cooperative effort” � “An acknowledgment of producers existing vast knowledge, skills and judgement”
Session at the NTCA Meeting. Steve Banney, the project coordinator, will be at the NTCA meeting on Friday 22
nd February at Tilmouth Well to let
people attending know about BeefPlan and what it offers. He will also bring a producer from a BeefPlan group in Queensland who will give their view on the benefits.
Unable to make the NTCA meeting? For those who are unable to attend the NTCA meeting we are considering holding another opportunity on the morning of Saturday 23
rd February (possibly south of Alice but location will be driven by interest) but we need to
gauge the interest before we get too carried away with the organising.
For more information: If you want more information on BeefPlan please don’t hesitate to call Steve Banney (07) 4093 9284 and he will be happy to answer any queries.
Interested in information sessions? If you are interested in attending either of the information sessions, can you please answer the following questions and send it back to me; Fax (08) 8951 8112 .
Name: Phone:
Address:
Fax: Email:
� I will be attending the NTCA meeting to find out more there.
� I am unable to attend the NTCA meeting but would attend an information session held on Saturday 23rd
February.
� I am interested in being involved with BeefPlan but can’t make the NTCA meeting or proposed meeting on the 23
rd Feb.
We will use this information to set up a meeting and get back to the people who are interested with the details as soon as possible. Thank you for you interest. Kate Forrest (DBIRD – FarmBis Facilitator) Ph. (08) 8951 8191 Email: [email protected]
Alice Springs Rural Review – February 2002
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THE OUTBACKTHE OUTBACKTHE OUTBACKTHE OUTBACK---- INFRONT FOR A FANTASTIC FUTURE INFRONT FOR A FANTASTIC FUTURE INFRONT FOR A FANTASTIC FUTURE INFRONT FOR A FANTASTIC FUTURE
Helen Carrell, Executive Director, Central Australian Producers Action Group P/L, said …..
Being part of the vibrant future in outback industries will be the key focus of the Outback Industries- Infront forum being held in Alice Springs 6th & 7th March 2002. “ Hon Wilson Tuckey MP- Minister for Regional Services, Territories & Local Government, will provide an update on the future trade options we have with the reducing trade barriers internationally. We will also explore the regional services strategy required to enhance our lead in this changing marketplace” “Dr Peter Ellyard will provide great insight into what social, economic & ecological trends will mean for producers in the future and most importantly what opportunities exist for industries with changing preferences and consumer requirements” “Four (4) producers under 35, from across the nation will share their fantastic stories about value adding, exporting and growing their businesses so they are greatly involved in creating the end product- made to meet the needs of the consumer” “ Families spend lots of energy and money building their businesses however handing it on can be hard on families. Succession planning plays a vital role for the vibrant future of our industries and we will cover practical business structures that families can create to ensure the outcome meets the needs of the whole family” “ Our Forum will be one of the first public discussion about the all new MLA- EAN- Post Slaughter bar coding system which is providing greater traceability ensuring product integrity. The future possibilities of such a system for regional marketing and building the link with producers and consumers” “ Participants will also be enlightened to the development & operation of the Beef Futures market on the Sydney Futures exchange, along with using forward contracts as a valuable marketing strategy.” “ The unique flavours of the center will be showcased at our ‘Flavours of the Centre’ tastings & Outback Fashion parade and at the Central Australian Signature Dish- Industries Dinner under the stars at Ooraminna” Go to www.capag.com.au for more info. Landline will be present and ABC Rural will be doing an outside broadcast from the Forum Live. ENDS …………………….. 4th February 2002 For more information- call Helen Carrell CAPAG PTY LTD 0418785285/ 08 89518185 w/ 08 89518104fax
MEDIA RELEASEMEDIA RELEASEMEDIA RELEASEMEDIA RELEASE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN PRODUCERS ACTION GROUP
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Computer training that comes to you!
Ever wished there was someone who could give you a hand with your computer queries on your property rather than in a classroom? This may be the alternative you have been looking for! TAFE SA has been running a program in the pastoral region of South Australia where they take laptops to stations and work with small groups (often only 2 or 3 families in one location). The instructors are able to help with generic software (word, excel, access, publisher) as well as specific programs (phoenix, quicken, etc), troubleshooting and, where possible/required, quick visits to individual properties involved to look at their issues after the workshop. This approach was very successful in South Australia and seems like a good opportunity for this region. Before we can get these guys to come up we need to know if we have enough interest to organise it (and justify the cost of bringing the guys up from SA). The information that we need to know to make this happen is the following, so if you are interested in getting some targeted computer training fill in this form and send it back to me (Fax 8951 8112) by the end of February.
� Name: Address: Ph: Fx: Email: I am interested in improving my computer skills in the area of:
� Basic computer skills
� Excel (spreadsheets)
� Word
� Financial package, please specify which program you use………………………………
� Internet and email
� Farm management packages, please specify if you already use a program…………..
� Other…………………………………………………………………………………………… Please indicate the most suitable times for this training to take place (I can’t guarantee that it will occur at the best time for everyone but we will use this as a guide).
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
This information will be used to determine if there is enough interest to warrant getting TAFE up here, otherwise we will look into other training that is available for the people who respond. Thank you for your interest. Please give me a call if you have any queries on (08) 8951 8191. Kate Forrest (FarmBis Facilitator)
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NUTRITION INFORMATION ON LOCAL PASTURE SPECIES Doug Wilson and Claire Hill
Meat and Livestock – Alice Springs
Detailed below is the range of nutrient values for five locally important plant species based on Alice Springs Primary Industries nutrition laboratory analyses. A better idea of plant quality can be gained through illustrating the range of nutrient levels over many seasons and stage of growth, rather than just giving an average. The Animal Nutrition Laboratory analyses plant samples, predominantly native pasture species, for phosphorus, nitrogen, crude protein, and dry matter digestibility (DMD). These results are then recorded in the Northern Territory, Australian Feeds Information Centre (AFIC) database.
Dry matter digestibility (%)
Crude protein (%)
Phosphorus (%)
Common name (Genus species)
Av. Min. Max. Av. Min. Max. Av. Min. Max.
Erect kerosene grass (Aristida holathera)
37.1 25.2 53.5 4.25 1.25 10.94 0.06 0.02 0.22
Pepper grass (Panicum laevinode)
44.5 32.6 58.0 5.75 1.56 13.81 0.1 0.06 0.35
Southern bluebush (Maireana astrotricha)
49.6 40.1 84.5 7.5 1.25 17.18 0.07 0.03 0.12
Ironwood (Acacia estrophiolata)
48.6 26.9 62.2 10.9 3.44 17.81 0.09 0.03 0.20
Dry cattle maintenance
requirement
6.00 0.10
(Source: NT AFIC database. This data shows lowest and highest values across many seasons and many stages of growth.)
For further information contact: Advisory Officers or Doug Wilson ph 08 89 518111
USE OF PINK HGP FREE EAR-TAGS OR TAIL-TAGS IN THE NT Andrew Brown
Animal Health – Alice Springs
This article has been reprinted from the August 2001 edition of the “Alice Springs Rural Review” following recent industry
queries.
There has been some recent confusion in the southern cattle industry regarding the status in the NT of pink tags used for declaring stock as free of hormonal growth promotants (HGPs). NT policy is :
The white tag is the standard approved transaction device for NT cattle, and pink tags may be used instead to declare HGP freedom where the market requires.
You will recall that the pink tag system was originally used for declaring stock HGP free for the European Union (EU) market. EU Accredited properties now supply this market. During 2000 there was much discussion about whether the pink tag system should be retained to supply other potentially HGP sensitive markets in the future. This has now occurred with the Non-EU Markets HGP Free Certification System being finalised in March this year. The AQIS Meat Notice requires pink tags as visual identification to support HGP free declarations contained in the NVD. South Australian abattoirs have indicated that they have markets requiring such certification. If cattle producers wish to capitalise on these HGP free markets (but not EU) then they should utilise pink tags wherever they can be absolutely sure that cattle so identified have never been implanted with HGPs.
• The information in the AFIC database is available for use by anyone interested.
• Anyone is welcome to send plant samples for analysis to our laboratory.
• A summary is available from the library to give more detailed information on the analyses below.
Alice Springs Rural Review – February 2002
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PLANT PROFILE – BARLEY MITCHELL GRASS
Astrebla pectinata
Carly Ballenger and Coral Allan
Rangeland Management, Alice Springs
Plant description
Barley Mitchell grass is a tussocky perennial up to 1m tall. Its stems are usually unbranched and hairless. Its leaves are up to 25cm long and 6mm wide, finely pointed with rough sharp edges and they curl with age. Sparse long hairs can be seen on the upper surface of the leaf where it joins the stem. The seeds project above the foliage in 2 compact packed rows, 13cm long and 1-2cm wide.
Grazing notes This Mitchell grass has moderate-high palatability and feed value, which declines with age. Crude protein is generally between 4-9%. The grass produces large vegetative growth and as a result can provide for grazing over a long period. It is tolerant of heavy grazing.
Habitat Barley Mitchell grass is frequent on slight cracking clays including red clays with some stone content, and often in association with other perennial grasses including other Mitchell grasses.
Other information Barley Mitchell grass is drought tolerant. A feature that distinguishes this Mitchell grass from others is the long thin hairs on leaves.
Information source • Cunningham et al. (1992). Plants of Western NSW.
Inkata Press, Sydney
• DPIF Central Australian Range Herbarium.
• Milson, J. (2000) Pasture Plants of north-west Qld. QDPI.
• Wilson D and Hill C (2000). Nutrition information on local pasture species. ASRR July 2000 V30(7).
Above: Barley Mitchell grass seedheads Left: Line diagram of Barley Mitchell grass from Roberts and Silcock (1993).
ACACIA SYMPOSIUM - WATTLE SEED
Wattle seed (Acacia species) has been used as a food source by Aboriginal people for thousands of years. It makes up more than half of the bush food gathered for commercial sale in Central Australia.
Over 150 people attended an Acacia Symposium in Dalwallinu, Western Australia on 13th & 14th July 2001. Speakers covered a wide range of subjects, including
• the use of acacias in salinity control and landscape amelioration,
• their potential as a human food,
• as fodder plants and
• as hosts for cultivating Sandalwood.
Abstracts of the papers presented at the symposium are now on the web at http:/www.dalwallinu.wa.gov.au/main.html. Follow the prompts through to the individual extracts e.g. http:/www.dalwallinu.wa.gov.au/extract01.html etc. The site also includes the official programme, list of presenters, etc. and information of the Symposium email Newsletter and email group on http:/www.dalwallinu.wa.gov.au/news.html.
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MONTHLY REVIEW OF TEMPERATURE
AND RAINFALL FOR DECEMBER 2001
Temperature in the Alice Springs District The maximum temperatures in the southern half of the Alice Springs district were 3-6
oC below normal. In
this area the lowest maximum of 19.0oC was
recorded at Kulgera on the 14th and the lowest mean monthly maximum was 30.2
oC at Kulgera. In the
northern half the maximum temperatures were 1-3oC
lower than normal. The minimum temperatures were about average in the Alice Springs district except for the southwestern area of the district, where they were 1-2
oC lower than
normal. In this area the lowest minimum temperature of 13.1
oC was recorded on the 11th at Kulgera and
the lowest mean monthly minimum was 18.7oC, also
at Kulgera. Temperature in the Barkly District In the western half of the Barkly district the maximum temperatures were about normal and in the eastern half they were 1-3
oC above normal. In the eastern
half the highest maximum temperature reported was 43.6
oC at Brunette Downs on the 23rd and the
highest mean monthly maximum was 40.5oC, also at
Brunette Downs. The minimum temperatures were about average in the Barkly district except for in the northeastern area of the district, where they were 1-2
oC higher than
normal. In this area the highest mean monthly minimum was 25.5
oC at Brunette Downs. The highest
minimum was 29.5oC reported at Elliott on the 26th.
Rainfall The Alice Springs district and the southwestern corner of the Barkly district reported above average and very much above average falls. The southwestern corner of the Alice Springs district had numerous reports of record rainfalls, for December. The northern area of the Barkly district reported below average to very much below average falls. The remainder of the Barkly district received average falls. In the Barkly district the rainfall events were scattered throughout the month. Tennant Creek had the highest number of raindays (eight) and the highest monthly total rainfall of 215.8mm. The highest daily rainfall was 62.0mm reported by Warramunga on the 15th. In the Alice Springs district the highest monthly rainfall was 311.7mm at Docker River and the highest daily rainfall of 174.0mm, also at Docker River, was
reported on the 9th of December. Yuendumu had the highest number of raindays at nineteen. In the Alice Springs district the heavier falls were received between the 4th and the 15th.
MONTHLY REVIEW OF TEMPERATURE
AND RAINFALL FOR JANUARY 2002
Temperature Mean monthly maximum temperatures were 1-2
oC
below average for the Barkly district and were mostly about normal in the Alice Springs district (ASD). The highest mean monthly maximum temperature was 38.3
oC at Rabbit Flat (ASD) and the lowest was
35.4oC at Arltunga (ASD). The highest daily
maximum was 42.0oC at Jervois, Watarrka,
Wulungurru, and Rabbit Flat (all in the ASD) on the 19th, 17th & 19th, 24th, and 6th respectively and the lowest was 24.5
oC at Tennant Creek Airport on the
13th. Mean monthly minimum temperatures were about normal in the Barkly district and the northern half of the ASD. In the southern half of the ASD they were 1-3
oC below normal. Lowest mean monthly minimum
temperature was 18.6oC at Alice Springs Airport and
the highest was 25.1oC at Tennant Creek Airport.
The lowest daily minimum was 12.3oC at Kulgera
(ASD) on the 8th and the highest daily minimum was 27.3
oC at Watarrka (ASD) on the 18th.
Rainfall The northwestern part of the Barkly district received below average falls. The remainder received above average to very much above average falls. The Barkly district received most of its rainfall during the 6th to the 14th. The ASD mostly received average falls, except for the areas bordering the Barkly district received above average falls. The heavier falls were received in the ASD from the 10-13th. The highest monthly rainfall was 258.8mm at Alroy Downs, in the Barkly district and the highest daily rainfall was 107.6mm at Warramunga, also in the Barkly district. The highest number of rain days was eleven at Brunette Downs and Mittiebah, both in the Barkly district.
WEATHER DETAILS PROVIDED COURTESY OF THE BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY, DARWIN. PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS INFORMATION IS BASED ON UNCONFIRMED DATA
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Activities coming up in 2002Activities coming up in 2002Activities coming up in 2002Activities coming up in 2002
Activity Date Location Contact
ET Leadership program 3rd March – 5th March Alice Springs Wes Press 8956 9577
Grazing for Profit 24th February – 3rd March Katherine
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