The beautiful evening turned into eight hours of storm with rain bucketing down on and off all night and has carried on all day. Nothing compared with folks around Moree in Northern NSW but still quite dramatic. This time last year we had floods at Captains Flat and Queanbeyan fortunately the conditions do not seem right for a repeat. Despite the huge winds and spectacular lightning we didn't have any damage or the inconvience of a blackout, we only lost phone service which can happen with any old rumble of thunder.