[zingshoen]

good onya! just so that you don t get too envious of the australian sunshine: here i am driving my battered coupe coz it s raining bigtime. the bureau says:

Areas of HEAVY RAIN, which may lead to flash flooding, are expected east of a line from St Lawrence to Stanthorpe, excluding the Gold Coast region. 24 hour totals of between 100 to 200mm are likely, with locally heavier totals in excess of 200mm possible. Periods of more intense rain may deliver totals in excess of 100mm over a shorter duration of up to 6 hours.

summer in australia can be somewhere between bushfires and/or floods. in brisbane at least it means high humidity and if it rains it pours. our real riding seasons are spring, autumn and winter :-)