Hells Gates

Try pronouncing those names with half a carton under your belt Jack!!!

Very interesting skills. I never ever knew that, Ive looked online and it backs up what you say & I have even talked to a few people who agree with me so maybe its been lost from generations. Quite remarkable, I have never even heard of what you say before. They are going to Kakadu from what I hear. That rock sounds brilliant, might have to check that out myself soon!!! The heat here at the moment is horrendous!!! Mind boggles also.

Interesting, but I still stand by my first comment. Everyone that I know up here, including the aborigines, call the first big storm of the wet the knock em down rains. Storms normally gradually fizz out at the end of the wet, very rare to have a so called fierce storm right at the end. Also, naturally all spear grass isnt burnt off, only in isolated areas generally. Meanwhile back on topic, it is very humid today after yesterdays rain. Hope the boys survive the long trek.

As we speak there is a thunderous storm developing, should be some nice cooling monsoonal rains in the next hour!

Funnily enough..........That is my real life nickname!!!

Knock em down rains has and always will be the very first rains of the wet season, not the last. The idea of the knock em down rains, which normally occurs in Nov/Dec, is that it knocks down all the spear grass that has grown during the dry. What you say doesnt make sense as it would already be flat from the whole wet season, someone has led you up the garden path. As for climate change, dont agree. Weather is a cycle thing that has happened for thousands of years. At the moment the weather is confused as to whether it will be an El Nino or La Nina, which is due to sea surface temps and levels in the Pacific Ocean. Whilst I agree there are holes in the ozone everywhere, these weather patterns have been happening for many years. Not trying to beat you down mate, but weather is something I do know a bit about. Enjoy your weekend.

Gday Fellow Dee's. As some of you might be aware I'm based in Darwin for work and have been for 8 years now. I went out for dinner with the boys up here last night and it was great to see Col as I wont get home for Xmas. All the boys seemed pretty happy & nervous from what I could gather. Everyone was joking around, especially about their 5 star (1star) accommodation!! Robertson Barracks is situated about 20kms from Darwin out the road in the middle of kinda nowhere I guess. They do have quite a full range of facilities there from what i could see. Now....the weather.... What I can tell you is the last 5-6 days are the hottest for humidity I have ever experienced. Yesterday was Darwins hottest December day in 36 years. The mercury peaked at 36'c, while that may not seem too hot it is very hard to explain the hidden heat of the humidity, the bureau up here says add 8'c generally to get a feel for what it feels like, for eg: 36'c actually feels like 44'c. This time of year is called "the build-up", it is a build of heat,pressure and humidity where it will be stinking hot all day, threaten to rain but never does until one day it will finally let go and officially kick start the wet season, this is called the knock em' down rains. We have had a little bit of rain which has only made it more humid. It is by far the hottest "build-up" Ive experienced since 2004 & all locals would agree. Sorry I havent got much footy news but it was just good to see everyone and not talk footy, if that makes sense?! Everyone is gutted about Trenners also. They are catching up with Aussie while they are here also. Now I'm not au fait with the benefits of training in humidity so if theres any doctors or sports science gurus who would like to inform us??? I just find it odd that Misson says it takes 3 years to reap the rewards of training up here but we only train once a year for 3 years up here...how does that work!!!? He's the expert though so I'm sure hes correct. They will certainly lose some weight! Anyway guys, thats all I have, sorry its not much but thought you might find the weather interesting at least. Hope you all have a great Xmas & New Year. The jungle drums are a beating & the Dee's are a comin! Cheers, Hells Gates.

The club will update all heights, weights, players & numbers straight after all the guernsey numbers are finalised. Cheers

Once again I will reiterate that the fact is the club will definitely pick Oliver Wines at 4 if available. Fact. If he's not available the club will pick up a mid and not a ruckman. Fact. Source: The Mighty Melbourne Football Club. Cheers, Hells Gates.

Dr Who? Racking up the posts.

Not my view, came from a source mate, a couple of weeks ago.

Hi All. For those that remember a few weeks ago I wrote some info on Wines. As of a couple of weeks ago I was told that Ollie Wines was personally told by the club that if he were available the club would definetley pick Ollie up with selection #4. If he is not available and GWS take all mids then MFC will take O'Rourke and definetley not Brodie Grundy. Which would make sense considering the talls we have drafted and our need for mids. Not that I like revealing sources as its none of anyones business IMO but the source behind this one is: Ollie Wines & his father. I have spoken to Ollie and asked him a few questions. He said he would be happy and grateful for an opportunity at any club but is desperate to get to the Melbourne Footy Club and is very excited at the prospect of landing here, just loves the Dees. Nice kid, competitive & is a big boy for a midfielder. Lets hope he gets his wish. As I stated in another thread Ive also heard Dees are into Mitch Banner & Ben Warren - how true this is, I'm not quite sure. Cheers, Hells Gates.

Hi All. Heard on the grape vine today (from an unusual source, so may not be true) that the Club is into getting Mitch Banner & Ben Warren in the upcoming delisted free agent period. I will keep my thoughts to myself on this. Im also going down to the NT Thunder training this week to get together a bit of a BIO about Dom Barry for you guys on this forum. Speak to you then. Cheers, Hells Gates.

Hi All. Heard on the grape vine today (from an unusual source, so may not be true) that the Club is into getting Mitch Banner & Ben Warren in the upcoming delisted free agent period. I will keep my thoughts to myself on this. Im also going down to the NT Thunder training this week to get together a bit of a BIO about Dom Barry for you guys on this forum. Speak to you then. Cheers, Hells Gates.

At the club.

Just got to hope GWS won't bid on him as they'll most likely take Whitfield, Toumpas & Grundy. Fact is Wines has been told we will take him if he's available. What a time to be a Dee, they're starting to give us hope again with some good decisions. I hope everyone is happy, expect a few more yet guys!

Oliver Wines at Pick 4 lock it in.

Hutchy?

Do you ever get sick of repeating the same thing continuously? :-)

Looks set to Join the Pies. How do they do it?

G'day Jordie & all. That was my quote. I tried BF under a different name so I wouldn't get harassed, obviously that didn't work. Should of stuck with the good crew on here. As I mentioned, the Butcher approach is true & Dees quite keen. Club is very active with Tippett not out of the question yet either. I'm expecting an exciting few weeks, all the best. HG.

http://bit.ly/OGrqCM Start new thread if you wish as I can't. Cheers

Can't start a new thread on phone guys but just giving you the heads up Brett Lovett has just quit as Casey coach, family & work reasons.

Col just signed a 3 year deal with the club, he isn't going anywhere, fact.

Cheers mate. All the best rp, keep posting your intelligent insights, I enjoy reading them, keep posting the random ones also!