We've had a cyclone brewing off the coast the past few days but although it looks to be missing us we've now been getting torrential rain. For the 12 hours up to midday today I got 124.8 millimetres. Needless to say everything is flooding as it's been raining a fair bit for over a week anyway. The night flowering waterlilies in my swamp have been flowering, although still being young plants the flowers aren't full size. This rain has meant it's overcast and dark enough all day for the flowers to stay open. All the same, they've taken a bit of a battering from the heavy rain. But they're battling through. The swamp is beginning to look more of a lake. Be interesting to see if the crocs take the opportunity to re-occupy it.
Some photos taken during this mornings rain. The black on the leaves aren't holes, that's flood debris from when the leaves went under.
