Weather Archives - The Northern Myth

Monsoon under glass. Darwin, March 2025

After predictions of a dire summer rain-wise in these parts, we've been blessed with a late season monsoon descended on the Top End of the Northern Territory. The NT isn't alone in getting a good drenching this summer, with Cyclone Alfred taking a slow stroll down the east coast and a large, slow-moving tropical system [...]

By Bob Gosford|2025-03-29T17:59:50+09:30March 29th, 2025|Fun stuff, Photography, Some places I've been, The Northern Myth, Weather|0 Comments

A fantasy weather competition for the Top End?

Photo: University of Arizona Recent news that the good folks at the University of Arizona’s Institute for Resilience have extended their Southwest Monsoon Fantasy Forecast game for a third year got me thinking about how a local fantasy weather competition based on Top End weather might work. After all, Australia’s Top End has—arguably—some of the [...]

By Bob Gosford|2023-06-23T19:45:19+09:30June 23rd, 2023|Ethnoornithology, Fun stuff, Indigenous land management, Northern development, Some places I've been, The Northern Myth, Weather|Comments Off