And we may be in for one more bad night before things begin to quieten down on Thursday. I've been holed up in the bedroom with the electric heater switched to HIGH, reading, writing, and listening to the radio, while the whitecaps on the river are racing past my window.
We seem to have got off lightly when compared to nearby Burril Lake where some residents had to be evacuated and Ulladulla which copped 224mm of rain. But spare a thought for the good people on Pacific Street in Wamberal, a coastal suburb on the Central Coast. They lost almost all their beaches in July 2020, and they are copping it again now.
Whether by sheer good luck or clever design, a neighbour from up the lane and his wife set off on their motorbikes just before the weather hit, and are now well out of harm's way in Hahndorf in South Australia.
Just to rub it in, he emailed me this photo and wrote, "Hi Peter. Hope you enjoy your 2-minute noodles tonight while we feast on a German buffet dinner at the German Arms hotel in Hahndorf SA. I hear the weather is pretty extreme on the South Coast. It's still fine down here at the moment and we will be moving on before the rain gets here."
Who needs enemies when you have friends on motorbikes?
