Mother Nature's Power

There is nothing like a good storm to awaken the soul.

I love the power of Mother nature. 

To experience the wrath of her is a wondrous awakening. 

Wild and raw

Ferocious and unyielding

Refreshing and invigorating

Recently Adelaide was hit with a once-in-50-year storm which resulted in the whole state losing power! Tornadoes went through a few regions further north [tornadoes are extremely rare in Australia!] and took out most of the transmission lines [23 towers were toppled] connecting us. 

Adelaide is where the yellow arrow is pointed

Toppled transmission towers [not my photo]

There is widespread damage and flooding across the state. We were fairly lucky and only lost power for 6-7 hours all up and had minimal flooding in our yard. 

Ember and I decided to observe the result of the storm at the beach between storm fronts. We followed the ocean along the coast, stopping multiple times to get out and experience the wonder and ferocity of our normally calm ocean. 

We live in a sheltered gulf so waves of this size are rare occurrences. It was pretty amazing standing there with the wind and sea spray whipping our hair around our faces and watching the large waves crashing against the cliff faces which are usually high and dry!

The mouth of the Onkaparinga River; there is normally a beach and large sand bars either side of it. So much water was coming down and with the storm surge, all but the largest sand dunes were under water.

It's still continuing days after the main storm has passed, with more heavy winds and rains, making things fun! Creeks and rivers are still full to the brim, causing them to break their banks and flood areas and roads.

There is a ford local to us, we went for a wander there in the morning, just before more rain hit to have a look. It was again starting to flood across the road but the road was yet to be closed. We threw leaves off the footbridge and watched them disappear into the turmoil of the water.

Mother Nature is amazing.