Luv-a-duck, we're a weird mob.

Sometimes people do some strange things.  At the beginning of this year, the ABC, our national broadcasting corporation moved into new buildings. One of the hosts decided it would be a good thing to knit a scarf. A big one.  A long one. One long enough to go round the entire building.

So over the past 8 months anyone could volunteer to knit a few inches or feet of scarf and the whole thing was sewn together.  The final tally was over 820 meters of scarf. The building’s circumference is about 500 meters. So this afternoon, they wrapped the building in the scarf. After the wrapping of the scarf it was all rolled up again. It is being given to the Salvation Army who will turn all that knitting into real scarves and blankets.

Here are some of the rolls of scarf, all sewn together, ready for the wrap up day today.

They had some other photos on their website but you have to go to twitter to see them.

https://twitter.com/612brisbane

The other weird thing today has been the weather. Now we can't control that, but its been a wild and woolly day here.We have had unusually strong winds. Here in Queensland, we get little wind, apart from cyclones that come mostly to the north of the country  But during the last 24 hours we have had very strong winds, cleaning the trees of old leaves and sticks. No big branches came down in our area, which is fortunate, because this house we are house sitting has got some really tall trees, but the lawns are littered with small twigs and leaves, and the swimming pool is full of them. It will take a few days to clean up properly.

There’s been lots of snow too, inland from Sydney heavy snow, and even in southern Queensland, snow there around Stanthorpe. For us on the Gold Coast it was windy and cold, but the sun was out. Yesterday a fast moving deep ridge moved over the coast with storms and very heavy rain. It didn't  last long, but was enough to give the ground a good soaking. Most unusual. If this weather heads New Zealand way, they are in for a freezer.

 This was in a UK newspaper.

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8213932/Wintry-weather-brings-snow-to-Australia-in-midsummer.html

 This is really unusual for us. They say it is a one in twenty year weather event.

 http://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-16/snow-wind-and-rain-whip-eastern-australia/2300342

Ah well, what will tomorrow bring?