Cloudy. Rain

'Cloudy. Rain' That's the forecast for up here for the next three days, if not more. As you can see from the radar image, we are in the thick of things, precipitation-wise.
Not happy, pappi. Xmas is a time for searing heat, where brolgas dance like no-one is watching them on the plains and cicadas pulse from the straggly gum trees. When the hot days mean that it's OK to quench your thirst with beer/gin and tonic/cinzano and ginger ale. Dozing in the early afternoon. All but memories of xmases past I'm afraid.
We have two Help_Xers here with us for Xmas this year - Taylor from Saskatchewan and Chris from Paris and they were both looking forward to a Very Different (read HOT) Xmas Day. And what do they get? 'Cloudy. Rain. ' Yuk.