Queensland's wet season continues. While yesterday's devastated northern regions awoke to sunshine and broken structures, the southeastern parts were copping a further deluge, part separate trough, part ex-TC tropical low. It rained for much of the day here, and continues to do so. It hasn't made it out west, where it is really needed. Such a Queensland summer thing.
Of course, only essential travel is recommended. That causes a bit of a dilemma on Saturdays. How essential is a clarinet choir rehearsal, on the other side of the city, a week out from a road trip? Well, frankly, if it weren't for that road trip, I would have erred on the side of unessential. But today, alas, it was necessary.
People are so stupid on wet weather roads. Heed the advice people, heed the bloody advice! Drive to the conditions.
With that out of the way, the other sign of the wet is my lorikeet rain gauge. The loris flock to the shelter of the back verandah, either that, or they've just missed having their photos taken. So here, to make up for their recent absence on these pages, a few select preeners having their feathers ruffled by the wind. Ten in all as the afternoon passed.
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| The wind is playing havoc with my feathers |
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| I know, really, not enough product |
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| You scratch my back... |
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| And...? |
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| Rainbow lorikeet rainbow, ruffled |
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| Lost all control of dem feathers |
And something else today, rain running down one of the trunks, in a way I rarely see...a mini-cascade.
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| The big wet |
We wait and see what tomorrow brings...
[Camera : Canon EOS 60D, 75-300mm (at 300mm), 1.44pm-1.56pm]
