It was a moderate 27 degrees on Sunday although very muggy (humid ) which we all know is a sure sign that there is going to be an afternoon thunder storm.
The worst of the storm hit the North Coast Region at about 7.00pm bringing down huge trees , localised flash flooding & cutting power to thousands of residents.
Some of those fallen trees brought down about 4 kilometres of over head power lines in the Beerwah / Landsborough area which of course meant the immediate suspension of all rail traffic through that corridor.
They are saying that it will take up to 3 days to repair the damage before the trains can resume running.
Similar temperatures today although not as muggy so fingers crossed that this afternoon's storm will not be so severe.
That all sounds very gloomy but most of our afternoon thunder storms do very little damage.
In fact we actually look forward to them as they fill our water tanks & provide relief from the day's humidity.
A favourite past time of most people living in this great state is to make them themselves comfortable on the back veranda or balcony to watch the approaching storm.
With a cool beverage in hand we stake our spots on the balcony & watch the skies as the air begins to cool & dark clouds emerge , slowly becoming bigger & bigger.
There is usually a lot of debate & predictions / guesses from all of us self proclaimed experts about exactly what this particular storm will deliver. (there is hardly any green in these clouds so we won't be getting any hail etc... )
Suddenly , day is turning into night , as the ever darking clouds are rapidly covering the whole horizon & so the show begins with deafening thunder (no I didn't flinch at all , I knew it was coming ) in tandem with an absolutely breath taking lightening show.
They even wrote a song about it ;
https://www.last.fm/.../_/Sounds+of+Then+(This+Is+Australia)