Addendum

I noted that our weather has recently flipped from a dry and extreme heat to cold and wet weather. This turns out to be an understatement.

The little town of Burke received 195mm of rain in 24 hours (2/3 of its annual average) and then followed up with another 25mm. Yesterday, Bourke reached a maximum of 20C (less than Armidale) and about 15C below average. A little hamlet (Glenreagh) on the coast east of us scored 170 mm last night (= almost 7 inches), while we scored about 27mm. Dorrigo, on the Waterfall Way between here and Coffs Harbour, has received about 700mm in a week (or about 28 inches) and this has led to Bellingen (also on the Waterfall Way) being completely isolated.

A couple of days ago we headed for Wollomombi Falls 25km east of Armidale to see the effect of the heavy rain and the view was quite impressive. The falls are almost 300 m (900 ft) high with the last portion a dramatic drop: