Brisbane

Rainfall over the last twelve months has been quite extraordinary.  After a lengthy drought, it's welcome, but destructive -- as anyone from Queensland or northern New South Wales can tell you.

I've been to Brisbane only twice (so far!), each time at different stages of the wet season.  My last visit there was in December 2009, where I nearly melted to death in a cathedral organ loft preparing for an audition.

There's something unique about the atmosphere in Brisbane.  The muggy heat touches you on the back and the front simultaneously as you leave a building.  It's an enveloping sensation which you notice more if the place you are exiting has air conditioning.  We've had the same sort of heat in Melbourne over the last few days.

Even while enjoy the prevailing weather conditions, it's terrible to see what's happening in Brisbane.