[Donunder]

So there we go Tommy.

Two major cyclones impacting the northern half of the country. The Qld one is about an hour away from Yeppoon as I'm typing this, and as luck would have it, it will arrive at exactly the same time as a king tide peaks in the area. The seafront is already seeing waves lapping over the seawall. The northern one has crossed the coast of Arnhem Land causing major destruction to several indigenous communities there. And even here in Brisbane a monsoonal system, not associated with the cyclone is swamping us. Over 100 mm expected today and then a brief respite before the cyclone moves south to us tomorrow for more rain and high winds, and then hopefully moves off the coast and heads for New Zealand.

The southern parts of the country are experiencing abnormally high temperatures after weeks of fighting out of control bush fires in South Australia.

But apart from that, all's well and good, and things will improve as we move towards Easter and the cooler weather. I hope the snow melting machines in your part of the world are working overtime. It can be a strange old world sometimes.