Guess where my parents are right now?

See article (or let the title speak for itself):

East Gippsland

like an 'inland sea'

They are actually on the other side of Melbourne from Gippsland - but not far enough I would say. Flash floods, rocks falling on the roads, buckets and buckets of rain and gale force winds. On the phone this afternoon you could tell they were absolutely giddy for having survived so far in their little road trip with Dan.

They probably should have known better: they are traveling with Dan. Everywhere Daniel has traveled in Australia so far has been awash in record rainfall and downpours. Earlier this year he spent 10 days on the Sunshine Coast - and it rained every day. Now Mom and Dad are traveling with him somewhere just outside of Melbourne and the weather, well, it just ain't great (uh, see pics).

They are safe, and things are looking up, Dan's heading back to Adelaide for school today. Sunshine for the rest of the week I would imagine. We should consider sending the boy out to areas in the world suffering from drought. He could do a massive service to humankind.