Goodie Goodie gone gone...

And lest we forget

Oh bloody hell. RIP Bill.

Yep

Only one seat needed on the trandem now 

Another Goodie gone. He was a good lad, hecky thump!

Similarly I knew it was coming, heard the wife's phone and thought mine hadn't worked, till I remembered I had left it in the car.   
It worked.
Was timed to go off at 2pm AEST, which meant the people in WA heard it at midday, and SA/NT at 1:30pm.

Quote from: Bealman on Today at 08:35:24 AMEvery mobile phone in Australia beeped loudly at 2pm this afternoon. Well, not everywhere, exactly - places like SA and WA had to be different, didn't they -  (different time zones).

I knew it was coming but it still scared the crap out of me!

Presumably the 'time for a VB' warning

Quote from: Bealman on Today at 09:00:11 AM  A very interesting question, and one I must admit I'd never given thought to!

Well, I hope the government has if they are planning to use it as a means of warning people of imminent doom.

  A very interesting question, and one I must admit I'd never given thought to!

Anyway it still gave me a bloody fright 

Quote from: Bealman on Today at 08:35:24 AMEvery mobile phone in Australia beeped loudly at 2pm this afternoon. Well, not everywhere, exactly - places like SA and WA had to be different, didn't they -  (different time zones).

So would people close to the boundary have received it an hour early or an hour late, depending on where they were in relation to the masts?