Aussie wrote on Jun 4
th, 2023 at 6:13pm:
The Berserker Ranges must have moved since I lived in Rocky. Then, the weather in Yeppoon (on the Coast) was nothing like that in Rocky (inland and largely encircled by those Ranges.)
We-eell, technically, you are right. The main part of the Great Dividing Range is (100s of kms) well west of the town. But, the Berserker Ranges does have an association with the eastern side of the Great Divide. So, I am also right.
Rockhampton is sheltered as a valley. The only way to build outwards in this town is to build north. That is why I am so very much in favour of the Rockhampton Ring Road.
I just got back from Yeppoon. It was nearly as much rainfall (a pittance) there as was in town. But I have been to Yeppoon during the cold of winter (not tonight, though) to find that it is crisp nights there. But, you can drive back to town and get through the Limestone Creek valley where the weather change is apparent.
I said I was going to drive up to Mount Archer when it gets very cold and take a thermometer. I will be there at 2 in the morning to see how cold it is up there.