Finally made it onto this new thread School holidays and this time of year in general are so busy. Keeping kids occupied, driving around to visit family and going places and I realise it's the 12th already and I haven't posted a thing.

Thank you Colmait for all your regular updates and photos. The shots of the storm clouds on the Darling Downs are absolutely amazing.

That article about the rare and unusual early arrival of La Nina is very interesting. It seems rare and unusual is starting to become the norm with the weather everywhere. Just look at California and those devastating fires. This graph from the World Resources Institute shows just how unusual this is:




Source: https://www.wri.org/insi...s-january-2025-explained


There are already many areas where roads are closed and creeks and rivers are swollen around South East Qld, and that impacted us a few times with deciding where to go over the holidays. If La Nina does arrive early it could be a disaster as far as flooding goes.