As I've mentioned in the previous PADs, summer was not inclined to relinquish its grip on us easily or readily. High 20's to mid to high 30's, and humidity up the yin-yang. However that sort of weather destabilises the heck out of the atmosphere, leaving it vulnerable to sucking up icy cold air from the Antarctic regions. This occurs in conjunction with gusty winds, and thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening.

The Weather Bureau had forecast just such a change for us around the middle of the day, bringing blessed relief from the heat. Rather than go out for a morning shot, I decided to see what the change would bring.

Not much, photographically. The clouds came over, and there was much rumbling and grumbling in the sky but very little in the way of electrical sight shows. Then the winds arrived, but they were relatively mild, if blissfully cooling. Then the rains came; fat, heavy drops pounding on the whole of the region and finally washing out a good 10 degrees of heat.

And thus all I was left with was a bit of ocean turbulence pounding itself against the Austinmer rock pool.

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