The Wet Season

Looks like the "Wet Season" is finally here although it is a month late!!
Last month was the driest November for nearly 30 years with temperatures from 30 to 36 Celsius for days on end. There was no rain for 23 days. We finally had a decent rain on 23 and 24 November with 47 ml and 24 ml on those days. But it was still stinking hot.
December has set an all time record with the coldest December day on record in South East Queensland. Today the maximum was only 18 degrees in Ipswich, and it was bloody cold. I even got out my trackie daks and put some socks on.
I checked the rain gauge about 1730 (5:30 pm for those non-service people) and we have had nearly 60 ml since 0700 (7:00 am) this morning.
Hopefully the rain will ease off for a day or so to let what we have had do some good and then drop some more.
With the dry we have had over the last month, the ground is almost water resistant and it needs intermittent rain to wet the sub-soil or it will just run off down the drains.
But I suppose I can't complain. I have a 10,000 litre water tank full to over flowing and a good hose that reaches to the bottom of the garden for when its dry. The only things when its so dry is the ants and other insects that don't like me watering of an evening when they are settling down for the night ----- and they bite!!!