Be Prepared ... It's Got To Be Global Cooling ... or Wetting

We arrived in Oz three weeks ago expecting summer. It seems that the Rainbow Serpent, or whatever, is having a bit of  a schizophrenic episode at present. One day we're sweltering in mid-30 degree temperatures with no wind and the next it's pouring with rain, blowing half a gale and cold enough to rug up like it's a Pommy winter.
Last night found us wrapped in fleece blankets and car rugs while we watched the telly! We could have put the heating on, BUT IT"S JANUARY FOR KRISTOS' SAKE!!!

Things could be much worse for us. The poor souls up in Q'land are up to their eves in filthy water infested with who-knows-what and in some parts they have been warned that Noah et al have been seen sharpening their boat-building tools. On top of that, some of the sewage works are expected to discharge their excremental sauces into the swollen rivers during the next few days - when you gotta go ...

What can you do? I've found my Boy Scout Annual (1955) and we're adopting the appropriate attitude: "Be Prepared!"