Thunderstorms

There was a massive storm at 5.00 pm on Tuesday. I’ve never seen so much rain fall in such a short time since my days in Singapore. At that time, I was attending a concert when someone alerted me to a mini disaster. You’d better come: the library is flooded, they said. The roof had been unable to deal with the weight of water and the rain was pouring in. That was then. This is now. We watched the rain sweep across from the city in a thick grey curtain and the view from the balcony disappeared under the downpour. No damage done here, as far as we could see - but we couldn’t see much!

Next morning, I went for a walk by the river before breakfast and observed mop up operations. Trees were down everywhere:

Today, the wild weather continues. There were noisy thunderstorms in the early hours: no more sleep to be had. I fancied to see how rough the seas were, so took myself off to Cottesloe Beach and walked northwards to Swanbourne. The wind was blowing in my face and the beach was deserted. Big drops of rain fell but intermittently. The Shorehouse Cafe was packed inside but empty on the terrace:

The new owner of Indiana Teahouse has put some new flags on display:

Photo from BOM site