3 September 2010-We swam to Ceduna today. Heavy rain and thunderstorms had been forecast for the NE. Since we were heading SW we figured we would be okay, and could tolerate the smaller amount of rain forecast for our route. We left at 0745 and at 0749 it started to spit a bit. After an hour we had one 15 minute heavy downpour, but then broke into clear skies with sunshine, and only some high grey clouds to the SW. Then lightening in the NE, No worries, right? Then it started in the SW. Then it started just in front of us. And behind us. And then someone opened the spigot. One could barely see the road, much less what may have been coming down it, except for sheets of water. We were lucky enough to be able to pull off the road into the small town of Kimba. We went into the coffee shop. Sue asked to use the toilet, and they told her, “Sorry, it has been flooded out!” The rain had apparently been as heavy there for the preceding six hours. Again, luckily, the public out toilets were just next door and a dash through the maelstrom. After an hour the roar of the downfall lessened to a light sprinkle, and we decided to try it again. This time we really lucked out, for the rest of the day was spent without rain, and riding through beautiful thousands of acres of farmland, beautifully green with young grain, and dotted ever so often with a few hundred sheep. Our motel had sheltered covering for the MCs, and it is good that it did because the rain returned with a vengeance during the night.