Yes Otokonoko, the roads were cut last wet season for quite a while, to the point that the supermarket shelves were bare. But I don’t mind that, occasionally.

I’m not in favour of spending hundreds of millions of dollars to flood-proof the Bruce Highway. I think that there are much better things to spend that sort of money on – health, education, national parks and conservation, etc.

<< Give me Townsville summer over that any day. >>

All-considered, the summer isn’t too bad, once you get used to the humidity…..or if you are a woose that just hangs out in air-conditioned comfort!

Love the wet season thunderstorms. Love going running in the rain!

My great fear is a big cyclone. We saw Cyclone Larry flatten Innisfail three years ago. Just imagine if something like that hit Townsville or Cairns. Add a storm surge to it and large areas of both cities would go under...especially Cairns. It would be own version of New Orleans!

Now THAT would put a stopper on population growth!