On a day when it felt as if the Dry season had arrived along with dragonflies in the Northern Territory capital of Darwin , it was wet and windy along the coast of far North Queensland . It was raining so much at Townsville that the commercial flight this writer was travelling on had to change course and come in from another direction , sheets of water visible on the ground at the airport.
From the ferry to Magnetic Island much of Townsville was obscured by low cloud and rain , as was the island .
Our Aviation Correspondent Abra flew in from drenched Cairns , photographing the wet scene along the way , some of her shots follow.
