Oh how glorious it is to have a slightly cooler day, a day when you can sit before the PC without a fan blowing on you to keep you cooler. The hot weather was great for the pool with the water temp reaching over 29° and the air temperature around 35° but with the humidity around 70%.
Today is closer to 28° and humidity around 55%. Needless to say with high temps and high humidity there would be storms around. We had a ferocious storm hit late Sunday evening. Though we only had 8mls of rain the wind shook everything while the rain appeared to be going left and right at the same time. You could hardly see the other side of the road and the houses there.
As soon as it started it was over. The power went off (something which happens here very very rarely up here) and the pool was a disaster area with debris, leaves, pieces of palm fronds, dust and dirt all making quite a mess.
The nearby caravan park was belted as well with caravans being swung around and others being smashed by falling limbs from trees. The photo above left is an online photo of some of the damage suffered by holiday makers at the nearby Dicky Beach Caravan Park.
During my bike ride the next morning I counted five trees which required some clearing.
The power came back on around 9:45pm Sunday night having been off for over 4 hours. Trish and I were sitting in the backyard, under the pergola with the solar festive lights giving us some lighting. As the night wore on and the mid November change of weather began to roll in it cooled down nicely.
And then today when we had a very pleasant 28° or so.
We won't talk about the cricket but something really needs to be done with the selection committee.
Today has been an R/R day for Trish after 5 long days with the Arts Centre Fair. It was a record breaking event with record profits.
I bike rode yesterday but today did a bottle washing followed by mowing the front lawn. And we must be getting ready to go to Melbourne for Xmas as I had a hair cut as well.
Wednesday will be a 'bottling day' so I probably won't make a bike ride that day either. Trish will be off to Stitchers.
On Thursday we are taking friends down to Sunnybank. Peter rather loves his Asian food but has never really had Malaysian. So on Thursday we will venture down to Sunnybank. He is a keen cook of spicy food as well so I gather we will spend time browsing though the Asian Supermarkets there.
We plan to drop into Costco on the way home and show him around. It should be fun.
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