Goodness, the weather has come back with a vengeance, causing certain areas that had been badly affected by drought, to become completely engulfed by water. Residents have also been warned to watch for crocodiles in floodwaters after unconfirmed sightings.

Mackay has been severely affected by the floods, although it was interesting to hear an elderly couple say that this was how the weather used to be when they were younger. The photo on the left is from the Courier Mail. Here are more photos.

I remember when I was living here in the .60's hearing how the normal summer weather for Queensland was monsoonal, and all the houses here on Tamborine Mountain have to be built to cyclone standards, although we have never experienced one in the 14 years we have lived here.