No worries... and yes, its been relatively nice weather (only upto about 25kts max) crosswinds for pretty much the whole year so far. I'm sure Nigel C can give more detail, but it has certainly been out since at least November, and I dare say a fair bit longer than that.
Melbourne had interesting issues when the long runway was closed for a few months... all ops on the shorter 27. They did it during times of predicted westerlies, and fortunately the strong northerlies/southerlies stayed away.
Caused havoc for all the longhaul flights, because they couldn't take off at the weights needed, so many tech stops were planned.
I think we'll have more "fun and games" when they close 34L in Sydney ...
