Wash out!

So........we were up early and off to visit Cutty and collect the hat which I left in her room last weekend. We had decided to make a weekend of it and booked a campsite at Boreen Point by Lake Cootharaba for the night.We left Brisbane in the rain but as we got further north found that the sun was indeed shining upon the Sunshine Coast.We found Cutty much better than last weekend and she had a good old reminisce and we left her heading off to lunch with her friend Norma.We drove to the campsite which was much quieter than we had expected as it was the weekend. We pitched our tent and went straight for a dip in the lake.The water was incredibly warm and we lay in the water and watched a storm approach. The wind picked up and the thunder grew louder. As it got closer we got out of the water and watched the lightning striking across the lake before finally heading back to the camp for a shower.As we came out of the shower block the storm hit so we took shelter there. We watched as one poor tent was wildly buffeted by the strong winds and its awning was demolished. Our tent seemed to be coping well with the wind but then came the torrential rain.It bucketed down and the pathways turned to rivers and a large puddle formed around our tent. Poor Will had not felt too well before we set off but now he started to shiver and was very pale. We had to stay under cover for at least 45 minutes before the was a lull and we dashed for the cover of the car.Will put on extra layers and lay down for a nap. The rain eventually stopped and I ventured out to survey the damage. Amazingly our tent was still dry inside.It was clear though that a second storm was approaching so I removed all our bedding from the tent and put it in the car and took shelter again.The second storm was not as wild as the first but there was further heavy rain. Will was asleep but I watched as people left after packing up their tents. It was then that I found out about the terrible events in Paris. It is just madness.Will woke as the second storm died out but the rain radar app on my phone showed that a third was on the way.All things considered but mostly because Will was not well, we bundled the tent into the back of the car and abandoned our camping trip.There was a lot of debris on the road home and at one point encountered a man in the road warning traffic of a branch that had brought down a powerline on one side of the road.There was another spectacular storm over Brisbane as we approached.We are back in the Man - Cave but at least it is dry.Boreen Point has been drenched by four storms today....it was a wash out!