This is the first day of the last month of our Spring. The storm season is upon us; Brisbane is sub-tropical and we get the majority of our annual rainfall in the months of October to February in the form of sub-tropical storms (electrical disturbances followed by very heavy rain).
Today in Australia is "Melbourne Cup Day". The richest horse race in the World for stayers was run in Melbourne (Victoria) today and was won by a mare called Makybe Diva (she has won the race for the third time in a row and has now been retired after winning A$14,000,000).

So a big Aussie "G'day" from cackles to everyone...
