Rain at last!

It's pouring rain today, and I'm so happy! We had a fantastic thunderstorm early this morning, and although there have been periods of just drizzle, most of the morning has been full of the magical sound of heavy rain. I can even see mud, which I haven't seen since about August 2005 - last winter was extremely dry. People in town are wearing their muddy gumboots and the whole town smells like fresh, wet cow. Everyone's smiling and it feels terrific.

We drove to Colac to go to the supermarket and the veggie shop this morning (about 60km) and the truck ruts in the road were full of water. Our new car (bought in dry, dry February) is slightly wider than our old car, which was briefly very exciting - the old car fitted neatly between the ruts, so that no more than two tyres were on the water at once. The new car, sadly, fits nicely into the water-filled ruts, so there was some thrilling aquaplaning adventure before I just started driving with one side of the car right on the dividing line. The steering was fine, though, and once I got used to it, we just plowed right on.

( Health update of the good )