Rain All Around Us!

I tipped 23 mls out of the rain gauge this morning after getting rid of 59 mls yesterday morning. That is over 3" of rain altogether in the last two days. Yet this morning Maroochydore, a mere 25 k's away, had only a few mls while parts south of Brisbane 130k's away had 250 mls.

The rain is expected to continue over the next couple of days and people have been told to be ready for some big falls. These photos are both from daily newspapers and were taken in suburbs south of Brisbane.

As I look outside now the weather is fine though there is a fair bit of cloud about. It is 29 degrees or so (and obviously after the rain) it is very hot and sticky. Some towels are drying on the line in the sunshine. On the Gold Coast the Hinze Dam is 30cms (1foot) above the wall going down the spillway!

I got this photo out of one of the daily newspapers too!