This year, late January sees the start of the very active Monsoon season here in North Queensland. From Mackay up to Cairns, the highway has been cut in several places at different times, a couple of bridges washed away, and the sugar cane farming town of Ingham is completely flooded. The government is flying in generators so that residents can have power. Thankfully a tropical cyclone hasn't entered into the equation, that would be disastrous. The torrential rain has been enough.
