So i just got back from a day and a bit at the sunshine coast. At the moment it could be called anything but the sunshine coast though.
I arrived with the family, and the clouds were foreboding. Stepping out the car, it didn’t look good. After a couple of hours, it started. First it was light, and then it poured. And it continued to pour for the next day. Apparently it’s now the wettest April in a long time. This statement makes a bit of sense, because never have I heard of flash flooding around Gympie during easter.
Even though it rained a lot ( ~200mm in 3 hrs), I surprisingly didn’t mind it. In Brisbane you get used to the mugginess and fluctuating heat. In the recent past there hasn’t been much rain though. This ‘drought’ caused our dam levels to drop to near 20% overall and caused level 6 (?) water restrictions. Naturally we all stepped up to the plate and kept our water usage down. So when it decided to rain heavily for an extended period, it kind of felt nice.
The good thing about QLD weather is that when it rains in summer/autumn, it doesn’t get that cold. You can sit in front of the TV while enjoying a quite relaxing temperature range.
It was a shame that the weather decided to turn bad, because this meant surfing was out of the question. The surf was crap bad, which was annoying because it’s one the things that relaxes me. The rain meant no photography outside either. Which was doubly annoying.
So from my easter weekend came some positives and negatives. On one hand, I got to enjoy the rain for once, but on the other hand, there was no surf and I couldn’t take any photos. Oh and a major positive has got to be the easter eggs. Chocolate for breakfast only happens twice a year, so you have to relish it when it comes around.
I’ll be doing a fair bit of stuff over these next few days, so I’ll try and keep the updates coming thick and fast.
Hope everyone had an enjoyable easter and got to relax a bit.
