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QUEENSLAND
BUSHWALKERS
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Newsletter
Giants of D’Aguilar
Club News
EPIRB Available for Members
The Club has purchased an EPIRB. It will be available to any
member of the Club at no charge for use on weekend or
weekday walks. However the borrower will need to pick up the
EPIRB personally, sign the sign-out book and return the EPIRB
by the next weekend.
The EPIRB should be most useful for remote walks where there
may not be any mobile phone coverage or on pre-outings where
there may be only two to three people on the walk.
A handout on how to use the EPIRB will be given to the
borrower. The EPIRB will also be brought to the Club meetings.
If you would like to take the EPIRB on a walk, ring 3341 7509 on
where to pick up and return the EPIRB.
Appointment of an Auditor
At the General Meeting on Tuesday the 4th of May, Chris
Brietenback was appointed as auditor.
Thank you Chris for taking on this important job.
Willis’s Walkabout CD’s
Willis’s Walkabouts have sent QBW a number of CD’s with
photos of walks in the Northern Territory and northern West
Australia.
Willis’s Walkabouts is a commercial company which leads
bushwalks to remote areas such as Kakadu and the Top End,
the Kimberley and Pilbara, the Red Centre and Africa and the
Americas.
If you would like to borrow a CD they will be available at Club
meetings.
More information on Willis’s Walkabouts is available at
http://www.bushwalkingholidays.com.au/
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Rochedale South
QLD 4123
Email qldbwc@yahoo.com
Phone No (07) 3341 7509
www.geocities.com/qldbwc
June 2004
Pepe's Mexican Restaurant 21 May 2004
No need to go south of the border, down Mexico way for good
Mexican. Our Social Secretary Evelyn Campbell found us a spot
lots closer at downtown Coorparoo.
The social dinner night at Pepe's Mexican Restaurant was very
well attended by about 20 members. Hot food and cold wine and
good company go so well together don't they? To all our new
members, come along to our next social, it's a good chance to get
to know each other.
Thanks to Evelyn and all who came along. Adios Amigos.
Senor Trevor
FMR Training Weekend 21-23 May 2004
Ten Club members attended this weekend at Camp Constable at
Mt Glorious.
Over 40 people from different clubs, some as far away as
Bundaberg and South Burnett, attended talks on a wide range of
topics in an outdoor setting.
The topics included how to use a radio, map reading with a
practical navigation exercise, a mini search and rescue,
hypothermia and its treatment, knots & ropes, ticks and leeches,
emergency communications using EPIRB’s, GPS’s and mobile
phones.
These training weekends are run every year by FMR and are well
worth attending.
A pleasing thing to note was that three of our members were
present as speakers. Frank B. gave a talk on hypothermia, Trevor
S. on risk management and Richard K. on EIRB’s, GPS’s and
mobile phones.
The use of an LCD projector assisted in getting information across
in a professional manner. Well done to all.
 General Information The Management Committee
Membership President Trevor Cox 3273 3484 (H)
Membership is still only $20. Please note that the financial year Vice President Bob Gur 3345 3971 (H)
of the Club has changed. The present Club financial year finishes Secretary Patricia Kolarski 3341 7509 (H)
on the 30th of June 2004. However members who have paid
st
their $20 for 2004 will be financial till 31 January 2005. Treasurer Gary Woodward 3245 2695 (H)
Before a visitor can go on a walk, he/she must become a Outings Secretary David Kenrick 3349 8238 (H)
Probationary or Ordinary Member or be a member of an affiliated Membership Officer Nadeen Larkin 3841 6614 (H)
club. Members of another bushwalking club affiliated with the
Editor Richard Kolarski 3341 7509 (H)
Queensland Federation of Bushwalking Clubs or another State
Federation are covered for Insurance.
Other Voluntary Positions
Probationary Membership
Social Secretary Evelyn Campbell 3809 2354 (H)
To become a Probationary Member, a person pays $10.00 to a
member of the committee or to a walk leader. Walk leaders are Training Officer Nadeen Larkin 3841 6614 (H)
authorized to collect the $10.00. The committee member or walk Equipment Officer Steve Moyle 3800 3963 (H)
leader will note the name of the person on the Walk Sheet and
that he/she has paid the $10.00. Supper Convenor Danuta Gur 3345 3971 (H)
A Probationary Member must become an Ordinary Member by Federation Rep Richard Kolarski 3341 7509 (H)
their second walk. Federation Rep Trevor Cox 3273 3484 (H)
A Probationary Member can become an Ordinary Member by FMR Rep Richard Kolarski 3341 7509 (H)
filling out a membership form and handing it to a committee FMR Rep Trevor Smith 0407 062 381
member or walk leader and paying a further $10.00.
Ordinary Membership
Campsite Monitors
A person who is not a member may become an Ordinary
Ratatat Hut Barbara Makepeace
Member straight away by filling out a membership form and
Ed Thistlethwaite
handing the form to a committee member or walk leader and
paying $20.00. Running Creek Falls Richard Kolarski
Gary Woodward
Meeting Place
Throakban Kerry de Clauzel
Club Meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at the Trevor Smith
East Brisbane State School, corner of Stanley Street and
Wellington Road, starting at 7:30pm. Mt Superbus & Christine Harrison &
Spicers Peak Cliff Harrison
There is parking within the school grounds off Wellington Road.
Consult a street directory, as there are a number of one-way
streets in the area. There is also parking in Wellington Road. New Members
Tea/Coffee and cake/biscuits provided after the meeting. A coin Dean Workman Ann Sudjana
donation would be appreciated
Lloyd O’Hearn Catrina Whelan
Equipment for Hire Ilona Csizar Jo Hodgkinson
The Club has a backpack (suitable for use as
a day or through pack) for hire at $5.00 per No of Ordinary Members 105
week.
This is the number of renewals and new members since 1/2/2004
QBW is also looking at purchasing further
equipment in the near future. Any suggestions
for equipment to buy would be appreciated. Comings and Goings
Also any person who has surplus equipment John M. is doing a trip to Vietnam with a bit of walking.
and would like to donate or sell to the Club,
please contact one of the Committee members Fran M. has returned from doing two trekking trips in Nepal.
or Steve Moyle on 3800 3963. Patricia K is grieving over the loss of her “Turquoise Terror” which
has turned turtle and become totally terminated. Her small green
car was hit from behind and had to be written off. Fortunately
Bivy Bag/Pack Liners for Sale Patricia received only minor injuries.
The Club has purchased a quantity of pack liners from VicWalk
suitable for through packs. They are 2 metres by 0.9 metres in a
bright orange colour. The packliners can double as an Editors Pic
emergency bivvy bag and have helpful information printed on
them.
They are available from the Club for $3.00 each or 2 for $5.00.
Club Shirts
The club still has a number of Club polo shirts for sale. They are
available in XL, L, M and S size. $20.00 each

For Sale
Coleman 2 man tent. Cobra Delux 2, 2.8kgs.
Near New $180
Ring Rod on 0438 761 964. Come this way to limber up for a walk

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 Special Coming Events Past Walks
Walks Planning Day 5 June 2004 Black Canyon 22 February 2004
There will be a Walks Planning Day and BBQ at 16 Ramita St On this day Brisbane sweltered in 41 degrees heat and we were
Holland Park West starting at 12MD. described as mad for doing this walk in the heat but the
The programme of walks for the next 6 months will be organised. temperature was fine!
The Club needs more leaders to help share the load. The Club
has many resources available to it and would encourage all
members to lead even just one walk. An experienced leader can
also go with a new leader on a walk for support.
The Club also needs suggestions for walks so that it can put on
the walks that members want.
Even if you have never led a walk please come along.

2004 Federation Pilgrimage 13-15 August 2004

Toowoomba Bushwalkers invites you to the 2004 Federation
Pilgrimage among Girraween’s gigantic geometric granite and
festively flowering flora.
Come along for treks, talks and tea.
There will be bopping to the beat of the “Band ‘O’ Coots” Bush
Dance band.
Wear your winter woollies and wend your way by wineries. Thunder and Lightning Falls

Bring your best bushwalking buddies boots & baggage.
Commencing 13th of August Friday afternoon until Sunday at
Castle Rock Campground Girraween National Park
Enquiries Loretta van der Drift 07 46348417 rett@flow.com.au
What is the Pilgrimage?
The Pilgrimage is an annual gathering of all the bushwalking
clubs in Queensland with proceeds going to the Queensland
Federation of Bushwalking Clubs.
History of the Pilgrimage
Pre 1970 - Bushwalkers from the Brisbane Bushwalkers Club
walked up Mt Barney and decided the "pilgrimage" should
become an annual event. As its popularity grew it was decided to
hold the Pilgrimage at another site, as there was concern with so
many people on Mt Barney.
1971 - Queensland Federation organized the first official
Pilgrimage to Girraween.
1973 - 2003 Each year a member club has organized the event
on behalf of Federation and invited all member clubs to
participate.
Finally, an easier way into Black Canyon is made obvious by a
well-defined taped trail! This trip was videotaped by Paul so the
real value of the walk can be seen on film. 11 km of trail walking
was made more interesting by the fact that NPWS had closed the
original border track leaving only the Pensioner Track Open.
We found the turn-off tree along the Lightning Falls Circuit and
followed carefully the red tape down to the Albert River.
Normally I would be against a taped trail as most of them seem
irrelevant or wasteful amounting to nothing more than a litter
campaign in the bush (not a minimal impact practice). This one is
the exception due to the fact that limited safe descents exist in this
part of the Albert River.
Once the steep and sometimes cliffy descent was over we had a
swim in the river then progressed for an hour upstream to
Thunder and Lightning Falls. What a blast the waterfall pool was
for us as the water had a very high flow rate and Lightning Falls
offered a warm shower alternative to the moderately cool pool. It
was amongst the best swimming I have had on a bushwalk.

Canberra
Saturday 18 September – Sunday 3 October 2004
Day walks and/or 3-4 day throughwalks in the Brindabellas near
Canberra.
If interested, ring Patricia on 3341 7509.

Recycling Corks
Help the Huntington's Disease Association by recycling corks
Corks collected are sold to a company in Brisbane and
remanufactured. Products such as gasket kits for motor vehicles;
horse-float mats; StandEasy mats used at supermarket
checkouts, assembly lines and machine shops; cricket ball inners
and a range of safety flooring all incorporate corks recycled
through this fundraising program. Blue Cray
You can bring the corks to the monthly Club meeting and Danuta Other features of the day included a few stings each on a giant
Gur will collect them. stinging tree that had fallen over, plenty of blue crayfish, the joy of
my company and the unpleasant job of carrying out two bags of
For more information contact: rubbish that some ignorant pig of a bushwalker party had left just
The Huntington's Disease Centre
10 minutes from the falls. Richard and I had to carry a bag of
385 Ipswich Road, Annerley, 4103
stinky rubbish each.
(PO Box 635, Annerley, 4103)
Telephone (07) 3391 8833 We all had a great day and recommend this walk for the really hot
Email: qahda@logicworld.com.au weather! Thanks to all who came! David

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Larapinta Falls 28 February 2004
Initially this walk was to Running Creek Falls but there had been
so much rain in the previous week that Running Creek would
have been too hazardous to cross. It turned out to be a wise
choice.
Five bushwalkers met at Beaudesert where we then drove on to
Christmas Creek. We had to traverse a deep water crossing in
the vehicles prior to parking our cars a couple of hundred metres
from the start of the walk.
We crossed the creek and headed towards Westray's Grave.
After an hour we reached it and had our morning tea. We then
slowly made our way up the creek, crossing it several times
before we caught our first glimpse of the falls through the trees.
When we reached the falls the mist and spray made us wet even
though we were still at least a 100 metres from the base. After
taking a few photos of the thundering falls we had lunch further
down the creek so that we would not get drenched and cold from
the spray.
Larapinta Falls
It was a pleasant walk back the same way with memories of the
falls that were spectacular and unique. Thanks to Ken, David,
Ray and Chris for joining me on this walk. Richard
Noosa Canoe Weekend 28-29 February 2004
Barb, Paul, Linda and Pete started this trip at Elanda Point on
Lake Cootharaba.
We packed all our gear into large watertight plastic drums for the
trip. 8am Saturday we started out on the drive to Teewah Creek
but unfortunately the front wheel of the landcruiser we were
travelling in nearly fell off. The canoe company at Elanda Point
found us another 4WD and we were finally dropped off at
Teewah Creek about 11.30am.
Teewah Creek was flowing well and it was an interesting 2-hour
paddle down to the Noosa River. There were plenty of logs
blocking the creek and we had to haul the canoes over them
each time. We stopped for a late morning tea on a beautiful white
sandbank in the creek and enjoyed the solitude. This creek was
the highlight of the trip, it really was beautiful.
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We stopped for lunch at campsite 15 on the Noosa River. We
paddled until about 5pm when we reached our campsite. After
setting up tents we enjoyed a quick splash in the river before
dinner. We cooked dinner on the pontoon by the river and lay
back and watched the moon rising.
On Sunday we paddled down to Harry’s Hut where our daughter
Sarah and boyfriend Adrian met us. We put all the gear from the
canoes into the car, and Adrian, Sarah and Paul in one canoe and
Linda and Pete in the other continued the paddle down to the
Kinaba Information Centre while Barb drove back to Elanda Point.
The canoe company picked the canoeists up from Kinaba and
returned them to Elanda Point about 2.30pm.
It was a great weekend and great company. Paul Makepeace
Shipstern Circuit 29 February 2004
Eleven walkers met at Canungra. Nine set out for Binna Burra and
two who shall be nameless decided to head for O’Reillys. The
person navigating was from Sydney which explains a lot. After a
short drive they decided to join the rest of the group.
We started the walk which is 19km return at 8.30am. The weather
was a bit humid but fine and clear. We diverted down to the lower
Ballanjui Falls for morning tea. The falls were in full flow after all
the rain. 150 metres high with a rock pool at the bottom.
We carried on alongside Nixon Creek up to lookout at Shipstern.
Great views of the Numinbah valley & Mt Warning. Back to Binna
Burra via the Border Track to finish a very good walk.
Thanks to everyone for making it such a good day. A special
thank you to our youngest member Jasmin who never complained
once about the pace her dad Wayne was going. John
Mt Lindesay
Mt Lindesay 14 March 2004
Mt Lindesay is an impressive mountain on the Queensland/NSW
border. To get to the top is one of the hardest walks in
Queensland and even just getting to the base of the cliffs is a
strenuous effort.
Ten of us met at Beaudesert and made our way down the Mt
Lindesay highway to the Qld/NSW border. We parked our cars
just inside NSW and started walking along the road next to the
border fence. The weather was overcast and it had rained on the
way down from Brisbane. The top of Mt Lindesay was covered in
cloud initially but as the day wore on the cloud lifted fortunately.
After about an hour of relatively flat walking we began the climb
up the steep slope. This is where the fun began. The earth was
wet and slippery. The grade became steeper and we all had to
haul ourselves up using the help of tree roots, vines and plants to
scramble up.
We finally reached the cliff line and started our walk in an
anticlockwise manner. The faint track soon disappeared and after
some exploring we came to a dead end, unable to go any further
at the base of the cliff without dropping down about 100-200
metres in height.
This would have been too strenuous and time consuming so we
made our way back and started contouring in a clockwise
direction. Here the cliffs were spectacular with water dripping
down in multiple mini waterfalls, in contrast to the other side
which had been dry. We had lunch and a well-earned rest with
fine views to the south.
We took a different path down the mountain following an old
fence now in disrepair. It was steep and loose in places but cool
as it was in rainforest. We came out eventually onto a grassy
slope and had a final exploration down a fence line.
Thank you to those who came. Richard
Araucaria Circuit 20 March 2004
This is a track walk at Binna Burra of about 18Km return, or so
we thought.
At Orchid Lookout on the Araucaria Circuit
After setting off at a leisurely pace from the car park just after
9am we found ourselves at the start of Daves Creek Circuit
nearly an hour later. Oops, the leader was busy chatting and not
concentrating on the walk. (Daves Creek is one of my most
favourite walks so maybe subconsciously I really wanted to be
there.)
An about turn and a kilometre uphill had us back on track to our
morning tea stop at Joalah Lookout. All the signposts were read
very carefully from then on and we arrived at our destination at a
reasonable 12.30pm. As there were only eleven of us there was
just enough room for us all to lunch up on the rocks. The view
came and went, mainly went, as low clouds and mist blew across
the valleys below.
With the call of the coffee shop as encouragement we made
good time back to the cars. Caffeine levels were topped up and
we then headed for home.
Thanks to drivers Barbara, Wayne and Richard to Maria for being
tail and to Shirley, Teresa, Rosslyn, Karen, Fran and Bill for their
company. Patricia
Giants of D'Aguilar 21 March 2004
The aim of this exercise was to have a gentler style of off track
walk for people who are not use to off track walks. My aim isn't to
walk hard walks, I just want nice walks. It is just unfortunate that
many of my nice walks end up being in hard terrain. But not this
one.
The idea of this walk began when Frank and I had an exploratory
in this area and found by accident the most amazing trees
including an oversized red cedar - a rare site. So months later
about 14 of us set out to find these trees again - we didn't give
much hope as the finding of them in a large forest was based
purely on memory rather than any clear defined route. We found
the trees thanks to the assistance of Barbara and Richard and
had morning-tea next to the giants. The giants were found after a
careful search on the North side of Mt D'Aguilar.
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Later we summited the mountain on its North East side witnessing
an unusual fig standing as it were on two large legs - like an Ent
from Middle Earth. Braving the wait-a-while on top we then moved
down to Hanging Valley which is where we had a lengthy lunch.
Following a ridge back to Mt D'Aguilar East we got back to the
cars before 4pm as promised and mostly went to Samford for
Afternoon Tea. It was a good walk enjoyed by all.
Is it just me or do other people get scrub itch every time they go to
the D'Aguilars?
See you on a walk sometime. David
Cooloola T/W 27-28th March 2004
The original plan of walking the Harry's Hut to Kings Bore circuit
had to be changed due to wet weather. The road into Harry's Hut
proved a bit hazardous with lots of water over the road so the
back up plan of walking from Bymien Picnic Area to Lake
Freshwater was instigated.
This is a lovely easy walk through forest along a well-defined trail
with stops at Lake Poona and Lake Freshwater for a swim along
the way. We set up camp then decided to walk up the beach.
Threatening rain clouds quickly blew away and we had a pleasant
walk to the remains of the Cherry Venture where the ice-cream
vendor supplied not only ice-creams but also much needed gold
coins for the hot showers back at camp.
Some interesting finds on the beach included a live seahorse and
small flathead washed up by the big seas. There were also many
bluebottles so no one headed in for a swim. A few showers during
the night cleared up while we had breakfast and packed up but
the skies opened as we headed off on the return walk. It poured
with rain on and off during the walk back but didn't prevent us from
having a final swim in Lake Poona.
Thanks to everyone who came along, it was a very relaxing walk.
Barb Makepeace
Tasman Peninsula Tasmania January 2004
We planned to start our Tasmania walking with an overnight walk
to Cape Pillar on the Tasman Peninsula near Port Arthur.
Unfortunately bushfires had closed this track so we opted for 2
day walks to Cape Huay and Cape Raoul instead.
Both walks promised spectacular views and we were definitely not
disappointed. We had beautiful weather which in addition to the
grandeur of the scenery made for 2 great walks. Both walks were
about 5 hours long with plenty of time for photos and gazing at the
views. We initially passed through bluegum forests before coming
out onto the cliff edge which we followed to the capes.
The tracks were well defined offering a variety of vegetation and
scenery. At Cape Huay we were amazed by the Totem Pole and
Candlestick which are 2 rock columns that rise straight out of the
sea and are world-renowned as great rock climbs.
Barb Makepeace
Tasman Peninsula
 Weather Forecasting Terms
The following definitions of some common forecasting terms will
help you extract the maximum information from weather
forecasts. These terms are taken from the Bureau of
Meteorology website.
Fine: No rain or other precipitation (hail, snow, etc). The use of
fine is generally avoided in excessively cloudy, windy, foggy or
dusty conditions. In particular, note that fine means the absence
of rain or other precipitation such as hail or snow--not 'good' or
'pleasant' weather.
Dry: Free from rain. Normally used when preceding weather has
also been relatively dry, and dry weather is expected to continue
for at least a day or so.
Cloud Cover
Clear: Free from cloud, fog, mist or dust haze.
Sunny: Little chance of the sun being obscured by cloud.
(Note: High level cirrus clouds are often thin and wispy, allowing
a considerable amount of sunlight to penetrate them, sufficient to
produce shadows. In this case the day could be termed 'sunny'
even though more than half the sky may be covered in cirrus
cloud.)
Cloudy: Predominantly more cloud than clear sky. For example,
during the day the sun would be obscured by cloud for
substantial periods of time.
Overcast: Sky completely covered with cloud.
Forecasts of cloud cover normally give an average, if no
significant variations are expected. A clear day, for example, may
at some times see a few cloud patches.
Forecasters expecting significant variations in cloud amount may
use such terms as sunny periods, sunny breaks, cloudy periods,
cloudy at times, mostly/mainly sunny, mostly/mainly cloudy.
If expecting a major change in cloud cover, they usually indicate
a distinct trend, e.g. becoming sunny or cloud increasing.
Description of Phenomena
Fog: Suspension of very small water droplets in the air, reducing
visibility at ground level to less than a kilometre.
Smog: Smog (contraction for 'smoke fog') is a fog in which
smoke or other forms of atmospheric pollutant have an important
part in causing the fog to thicken, and have unpleasant and
dangerous physiological effects.
Mist: Similar to fog, but visibility remains more than a kilometre.
Frost: Deposit of soft white ice crystals or frozen dew drops on
objects near the ground; formed when surface temperature falls
below freezing point.
Precipitation: Any or all of the forms of water particles, whether
liquid (e.g. rain, drizzle) or solid (e.g. hail, snow), that fall from a
cloud or group of clouds and reach the ground.
Drizzle: Fairly uniform precipitation composed exclusively of very
small water droplets (less than 0.5 mm in diameter) very close to
one another.
Rain: Precipitation of liquid water drops greater than 0.5 mm in
diameter. In contrast to showers, it is steadier and normally falls
from stratiform (layer) cloud.
Showers: Usually begin and end suddenly. Relatively short-
lived, but may last half an hour. Often, but not always, separated
by blue sky.
Blizzard: Violent and very cold wind which is laden with snow,
some part, at least, of which has been raised from snow covered
ground.
Thunderstorms: Thunderstorms are one or more convective
clouds in which electrical discharge can be seen as lightning and
heard as thunder by a person on the earth's surface.
A severe thunderstorm produces one or more of hail at the
ground with diameter of 2 cm or more; wind gusts at the ground
of 90 km/h or more; very heavy rain likely to cause flash flooding
or tornadoes.
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Duration of Precipitation
Brief: Short duration.
Intermittent: Precipitation which ceases at times.
Occasional: Precipitation which while not frequent, is recurrent.
Frequent: Showers occurring regularly and often.
Continuous: Precipitation which does not cease, or ceases only
briefly.
Periods of Rain: Rain is expected to fall most of the time, but
there will be breaks.
Intensity
Slight or Light
Rain: Individual drops easily identified, puddles form slowly, small
streams may flow in gutters.
Drizzle: Can be felt on the face but is not visible. Produces little
run off from roads or roofs. Generally visibility is reduced, but not
less than 1000 m.
Snow: Small sparse flakes. Visibility generally reduced but not
less than 1000 m.
Hail: Sparse hailstones of small size, often mixed with rain.
Moderate
Rain: Rapidly forming puddles, down pipes flowing freely, some
spray visible over hard surfaces.
Drizzle: Window and road surfaces streaming with moisture.
Visibility generally between 400 and 1000 m.
Snow: Large numerous flakes and visibility generally between
400-1000 m.
Hail: Particles numerous enough to whiten the ground.
Heavy
Rain: Falls in sheets, misty spray over hard surfaces, may cause
roaring noise on roof.
Drizzle: Visibility reduced to less than 400 m.
Snow: Numerous flakes of all sizes. Visibility generally reduced
below 400 m.
Hail: A proportion of the hailstones exceed 6 mm diameter.
Distribution Of Showers
Few: Indicating timing, not an area.
Isolated: Showers which are well separated in space during a
given period.
Local: Restricted to relatively small areas.
Patchy: Occurring irregularly over an area.
Scattered: Irregularly distributed over an area. Showers which,
while not widespread, can occur anywhere in an area. Implies a
slightly greater incidence than isolated.
Sporadic: Scattered or dispersed in respect of locality or local
distribution. Characterised by occasional or isolated occurrence.
Widespread: Occurring extensively throughout an area.