It’s not every day that one gets to put those two words together, but it’s close to what happened yesterday in Sydney, courtesy of a bucketload of hail that was dumped on the city turning it into a winter wonderland.

Photo courtesy of the Sydney Morning Herald.
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They also had this supurb shot of lightning striking a boat.

Wow!
This seems to be a recurring problem for Sydney every couple of years. Much damage this time?
Nah. Wasn’t the hard ice that happened to come through with ferocity 5 or so years back…