On this day, wild thunderstorms very quickly passed right throughout the south east of Australia, bringing unusual tropical weather for this region. It began in the mountains and I stopped beside open farmland in the countryside to catch it as it passed over me, striking a rural shed and power lines as it went. Immediately after the strike, the thunder was deafening and the heavens opened to send rain pelting down as we ran for cover. It continued to the city of Melbourne and across the ocean. I love to watch a thunderstorm. I sometimes feel nature likes to remind us just how powerful it is.