This Spring has been rather wetter than usual and at times decidedly cool. The last few days have been dull and overcast with occasional rain, but today brought what we call English weather. It's blowing a gale and rain is lashing down from a dark grey sky, which is unpleasant. It's also feeling cold, though the forecast is for 21C, not bad for what would be early May in the UK. Although we haven't had one yet, there have been severe thunderstorms north of us towards the Queensland border. Beck, is driving through that region today en route for Toowoomba and we'll see her tomorrow afternoon on her way south.
However, this weather has its up-side, apart from making the farmers happy. The grass is green for miles around and many of the local rivers are flowing strongly. Also, we're in the traditional bush-fire season, but there's no hint of a fire around here.
Talking of tomorrow, one of my former doctoral students is turning up in Armidale to see me. Given that he's a Singporean business-man runnning a private consultancy in acoustical engineering, he's likely to find the weather depressing. I hope it clears up for him.
AS
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