Farmers Lose A Long-time Friend

Illawarra Mercury

Wednesday September 20, 2000

Legendary long range forecaster Lennox Walker, who supplied vital weather information to farmers around Australia, has died.

Mr Walker, 75, died on Sunday night in the Selangor Hospital at Nambour on Queensland's Sunshine Coast after a battle with cancer.

Born in Sydney, Mr Walker was a jackaroo and served with the Australian Army in New Guinea during World War II and then with the NSW Forestry Commission.

Using sunspot activity, the revolution of the planets and past weather records Mr Walker was uncannily accurate in his long range predictions.

Haydon Walker said while his father's primary work was for the agricultural sector he also grabbed headlines with accurate predictions for major events.

``He had the weather down to a tee for the Melbourne Olympics in 1956 as well as Cyclone Tracy in 1974," said Mr Walker who took over the Crohamhurst Observatory in Beerwah, north of Brisbane, when his father retired.

© 2000 Illawarra Mercury

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