rain – Stilgherrian

25 August 202527 August 2025

Weekly Wrap 795: A week of contrasts as the dreaded lurgi strikes me down

On the corner of a city street, the side lighting from bright sunlight catches a shower of raindrops, the bright white sparks blurring out the silhouettes of two people walking away from a camera, umbrellas raised, one red, one blue, across the pedestrian crossing. On the other side of the street are more such pedestrians.

My week of Monday 18 to Sunday 24 August 2025 began with the final day of a delightful event but was then ruined as some random infection savaged my throat and other tubes. I do not recommend it.. Nevertheless there’s still a few Interesting Things here.

12 May 202426 May 2024

Weekly Wrap 728: Wet weather fails to dampen my enjoyment of social activities

A photo taken at night. An ambulance surges through water, with spray coming up a metre along its side.

My week of Monday 6 to Sunday 12 May 2024 was both busy and wet, the latter being due to the rain rather than anything I did. See the photo above for evidence of how Sydney’s drainage systems can’t cope. And of course I turned One Million Years old. Kinda.

04 September 202204 September 2022

Weekly Wrap 640: Damaged by rain and other impacts, but happy enough

I began my week of Monday 29 August to Sunday 4 September 2022 in Sydney, spending an evening in a pub before returning to the Blue Mountains. Three days later I was exhausted, my body ached, and I spent the day in bed. I can guess what happened.

03 July 202204 July 2022

Weekly Wrap 631: Lots of rain, lots of sleep, but not much else

My week of Monday 27 June to Sunday 3 July 2022 was full of fatigue and I don’t know why. I’m hoping it was just a routine week of blergh. In any event, the weekend saw the return of MORE RAIN, with 118.6mm recorded in the 24 hours to 9am today, and already another 46.8mm by 6pm, or just before.

13 March 202213 March 2022

Weekly Wrap 615: The calming of La Niña, the disintegration of the trains

During the week of Monday 7 to Sunday 13 March 2022 it actually stopped raining for a few days, although part of the Sydney basin and other areas had worse flooding than the week before. It’s all a mess, but blue skies were seen at the end of the week.

06 March 202206 March 2022

Weekly Wrap 614: La Niña continues her reign of terror and we’re all sick of it

Monday 28 February to Sunday 6 March 2022 was another week of wet weather in eastern Australia with more floods and a general air of depression. That said, I don’t have much to complain about personally.