our street
Or, at the very least, my umbrella and my roof. This is the wettest summer I can remember in Brisbane. We used to have hot, wet summers regularly. I can recall shoes going mouldy in the wardrobe and mildew forming in all sorts of places, but it has been a long time since this has happened. In the not too distant past, pool owners were almost threatened with lynching, because of the waste of water, now some of those pools are under water.
our very wet balcony
rain, rain, go away
Floods have devastated much of Queensland and we have had flash flooding in suburban Brisbane. Luckily, we have escaped damage so far, but everything around us is sodden.
Normally at this time of the year we are surrounded by beautiful flowering poincianas and frangipanis, but the rain has been so heavy that many trees are flower free. I took some photos before the deluge.
pink frangipanis in our street - with rare blue sky
beautiful colour
white ones in our courtyard
poinciana in New Farm Park
these trees look great in Brisbane streets
a shady footpath
the flowers close up
The crazy weather has made for some interesting skies.
sunset from our balcony
We are very lucky to be just wet, when so many people have lost everything in these terrible floods. I can’t imagine how awful it would be to go back to your home to find everything ruined. Let’s hope things get better soon.
PS Things didn’t get better, they got much worse. Click here to see the floods in Brisbane.