The elements have been playing games with everyone - the world is shuddering with the excesses of snow, wind or rain. The inland of our dry and barren continent is awash with unusual falls of rain and the water is now making its way down the Darling River and will soon make a difference to the levels in the mightly River Murray. However it will take a couple of months for that water to reach the ocean - the mouth of the River Murray is silted up thanks to reduced flows over our many years of drought.
I have fielded calls from many friends concerned after hearing the news about the quantity of rain that fell on the East Coast. But we haven't had enough to even flood our block of land. We have had less than 50mm for the past three days whereas my son measured 150mm at his home in Ashmore.
One thing we have noticed after the several days of grey skies and rain - the frogs!
The sound of frogs courting is far from musical but is quite entertaining! There are clicks and plops and croaks and rhythmical rattles mixed in with the high pitched buzz from the crickets. Its a good thing we are able to switch off to the sounds or none of us would be able to sleep at night!
I am pinning my hopes on the forcasters being correct about the sun returning on Monday. I love the sun and the bright days!
AJ
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