Bloody rain...go rain at Katoomba!

Right now, its raining on and off. It'll start then stop, then start again. I wish it would make up its damned mind. Personally, I'd rather that it stop raining cos I'm going to a school reunion at the city and the thought of walking from the station in the rain leaves me unthrilled. Why can't it rain at the damn dams?!?! Fill the dams up to like 95%+ capacity so we can stop the water restrictions for a while, at least, until the dam falls to 40% again.

Realising that water is becoming scarce and restrictions will soon be normal every summer, my dad has instituted a water conservation program. Well its more like a water collection program. What he did was buy these 200L barrels and he's going to use them to store rainwater. Then we can water the plants using that recollected water! Furthermore, it's like $10-$15 a barrel so it's cheaper than buying a water tank. We've got 17 barrels, giving us 3400L water storage capacity. Right now, we have 7 barrels full, giving 1400L of water or 41% capacity.

Pics coming soon