Manic weather

Okay, so let’s get down to the weather.  First let’s start with the fact that 1 March marked the beginning of autumn.  And with that in comes some colder weather, and ultimately “winter” on 1 June.  Much like fall back home, days are varied between warm and cool, but what [still] gets me is that an actual day can vary between warm and cool.  A couple weeks ago, we had a few days’ worth of nice, warm weather, reminiscent of the summer weather.  The forecasters called for a change one morning as I was getting ready [it was a Thursday], and change it did.  The morning was a sweaty ride in due to the warmth and humidity.  About nine o’clock or so, the breeze picked up, and due to the higher humidity, it actually felt good.  About eleven o’clock or so, the temperature started to fall, and so did the rain.  Then after roughly three hours of cold, windy rain, the clouds disappeared and the sun shone brilliantly again.  The cooler temperatures remained, and even the locals were commenting that we started that morning with summer, went through winter over lunch, and ended up in spring or fall. 

Then Easter Monday made me regretting not having my camera handy.  I have had the idea in the back of my head that it might be neat to put the GoPro up on the balcony set for time lapse shots, and just let it roll for a day.  However, one can never really tell when it’s going to be a manic weather day.  Easter Monday started with my gut feeling that it was going to be one of those days: by the time I’d rolled out of bed to sunny skies, gotten some clothes on [it was chilly in the flat], and gone to the bathroom, the clouds had rolled in.  But I second guessed myself, and I didn’t have anything ready for the GoPro.  Two hours later, it was clear that I’d made a mistake by not being ready.  The weather was truly crazy: clouds, sun, clouds, rain, clouds, sun, rain, sun, clouds, hail[!], gusts of wind throughout all of this, clouds, sun, clouds, rain, sun, rainbow [double!], clouds, sun, rainbow, rain, sun, rainbow, clouds, sunset. 

I’ve had conversations with some of my co-workers who are also imports, and they all say the same thing: even though they’d heard about the crazy Melbourne weather, it was nothing like they’d expected.  I think days like Easter Monday would be better defined as “manically insane”.  And I still wish I could get a good video of it … maybe I’ll be better prepared the next time there’s a “feral” [friend’s word for it] weather weekend day.

-EP