Driving into work this morning, I noticed these incredible storm clouds building up offshore, and took a little detour down to the Cairns Esplanade to take some photographs. [Read more…]
The sound of silence
20 October 2011 by Leave a Comment
I woke up around 4am this morning in a bit of a panic. It was eerily quiet. I couldn’t hear anything. You’re probably wondering what’s weird about that? It’s kind of hard to explain what it’s like when you wake up to absolute silence when you’ve heard rain hammering down so hard on your roof for 48 hours that you’ve been struggling to hear yourself think! Never mind cats and dogs, when it rains in the tropics, it sounds more like elephants!
The thing about living in a place surrounded by World Heritage rainforest… it tends to rain a lot. That’s why they call it The Wet Tropics!
over the hills 