We are used to these deep low systems during winter but had no idea that this one would be so intense.
By the afternoon the wind was up and increasing, accompanied by substantial rain.
At 7:30pm the power went out.
It was a wild old night.
Kiama, north of us, had gusts of 130km/h (80mph) while Montague Island, further south, not far behind with gusts of 128km/h.
Wollongong also to the north notched a 120km/h wind reading, with Jervis Bay collecting 107km/h and our town, Ulladulla, 100km/h.
Next morning (still no power), we decided to head into town to get something to eat (for us no power = no cooking, refrigeration or water supply), despite the covid lockdown rules, and sat in a beach car park to consume our ‘illicit’ Maccas.
The ocean was as wild as I have ever seen it.
A wave buoy in Botany Bay near Sydney registered significant wave heights reaching 8.44 metres, an event that would typically be seen about once in 40 years.
At least the big wave surfers had fun. The waves below are at Wedding Cake Island just off the Sydney suburban beach of Coogee. It only breaks during a monster swell. I think that guy in the second one is about to get ‘done’, caught inside.
Our ex neighbour took photos of one of our beaches where we had walked on a very wide sand strip a few days before. The beach had gone and the dunes eroded.
Luckily the storm system had formed close to the coast and moved away quickly after dumping about 80 millimetres rain on us in 24 hours, coming close to the typical rainfall expected for the whole of August.
Our power came back on at 4pm that afternoon.
A quick boundary walk established a few trees were down but no fence damage.
A quick boundary walk established a few trees were down but no fence damage.
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