Don’t let rain dampen fun

GROWING up in the Tropics you tend to get used to the rain.

It makes you resourceful and tolerant of long periods of wetness.

Although I admit this season has tested patience, wet seasons are meant to be, well...wet.

You can’t have the oldest rainforests in the world without the rain.

Today we continue our coverage of Cyclone Trevor focusing on where it’s headed, clean-up efforts and just how much rain has fallen since it came into our world.

However, reporter Daniel Bateman has written a great piece in our weekly feature, Backyard Tourist on Page 19, highlighting the exact reasons why the rest of us, out of harm’s way, should ignore the rain and head in to the rainforest.

The delights that can be found are a feast for the senses and the very reason why we visit rainforests in the summer for, the waterfalls and creeks, are best experienced when it’s raining.

As a golfer I know people think us a little insane for spending hours trudging around a course with umbrella in hand and water up to our ankles. But if you don’t just get out and get on with it in the Far North, you miss out on doing the things you love.

Sitting inside with a good book or watching a slick flick is fun but when wet season stretches on, you have to get out and about. So when you’re next bemoaning the seemingly never-ending Big Wet, grab the gumboots and raincoat and head outdoors. If you’re anything like my five-year-old you’ll be splashing in muddy puddles before you know it. Editor Jennifer Spilsbury