Rain, rain….

Rain, rain… rain some more. Last night around 7:30pm thunderstorms rolled through Canberra.

Last night a bank of thunderstorms rolled through Canberra, bringing some welcome rain to this parched region.

It was very nice to hear the rain falling on the roof and splashing against the window pane. The gentle white noise broken by the occasional roll of thunder in the distance. The clouds were lit by flashes of lightning, distorted through the water trapped on the window and screen. It reminded me so much of the summer thunderstorms that came every year to my home town Roma (western Queensland, not Italy).

My day dreaming was interrupted by a rhythmic, Plop, Plop, Plop….
Well looks like the drain in the patio on the apartment above has a problem! Water was dripping out of the light fitting and onto the magazines on the coffee table. At least they were not my magazines but some Vogue ones provided by the Hotel.
By the time I had got a plastic container and shoved a tea towel in it (to stop the Plunk, Plunk into the plastic), the storms had passed.

I love the air after a thunderstorm, it is fresh, clean and cool.

Now all Canberra needs is another 10 of these over the next month and the drought might be broken.