Hot and dry

Each morning breaks into a clear blue sky and rising temperatures. No sign of rain. Ever. Brisbane might have thunderstorms this afternoon according to Fran Kelly on ABC National this morning. This gives us hope. A little. We are starting to lose plants that we planted down by the creek and if we hadn't been watering our plantings close to the house systematically over the past few months many of them would now be dead.
We had just over 1000mm of rain in the first six months of the year. So far, in the last six months we have had around 150mm. Please rain.