Drying Out

A low pressure area from North Queensland was forecast to travel about 1000k's southwards along the coast, then head out to sea from the Sunshine Coast (100k's north of Brisbane). News reports said there was plenty of flash flooding and other storm damage as the area headed south. A yacht with 37 passengers was on rocks on Hook Island in the Whitsundays, pushed there by the strong winds. All were saved by helicopter. We travelled near where the yacht was in trouble on our Whitsundays trip in October.

The rain was forecast to come in 2 bursts, a morning one followed by the more dangerous overnight surge. Eventually the low pressure area left the coast about 300k's north of the Sunshine Coast and headed out to sea. This meant we missed the worst of the wild weather. We received a total of 79 mls (over 3 inches) for the day with the rain starting about 5 am. We had 6 mls by 6:15 am when I emptied the gauge. A further 73 mls followed during the day yesterday and overnight.

We have now had 500mls for the year so far, 20 inches in the old scale.

Today there is hardly a cloud in the sky, a glorious blue sky and a top expected of about 31 degrees. However after getting 3 inches of rain yesterday it will be humid. The photo shows the plastic I sit the BBQ on under the pergola drying out. (BBQ's don't go well with white pavers!)

Trish is off to Stitcher's meeting today and we thought we might take a drive this afternoon.

We watched the period drama "Elizabeth, The Golden Age" last night. It stars Cate Blanchett who was hopeful of an Oscar Award for her performance as Queen Elizabeth. Though a little 'slow' it was a good film.

I wouldn't rush out to see it, but we both enjoyed it anyway.

Someone left a "Comment" on Monday's Blog Post. It was a very brief message with a link to a website which sells Pharmaceuticals. I deleted it.