Saturday Late Rain Eventuates

There were overcast skies all day yesterday, and at about 5 pm the thunder started to roll in. Severe storms hit parts of the Queensland South East with Cooroy (about 60 ks north of us) getting a belting with several houses losing their roofs.

We just got lots of thunder and some steady rain for much of the night. Click on the photo for a larger and more detailed view.

This morning there was 24 mls in the rain gauge to go with the 6 mls we received overnight Saturday.

In Caloundra we get about 1600 mls of rainfall p.a. So far this year we have had 1275 which is about 90% of the annual average.

The pool is now fully topped up (I hadn't quite filled it right up earlier).

Yesterday I bought a new and heavier base for the umbrella. The previous base weighed in at about 15+ kgs but the new one is 20+ kgs and covers a wider area thus creating a more stable anchor for the umbrella. The base costs about as much as the umbrella! Still I think it is money well spent when you remember the hassle I had getting a small repair done to the pool. This cost is further exaggerated by the cost of water to refill the pool as well as the cost of replacement pool chemicals.