At the risk of sounding completely full of myself, I’m rather proud I survived yesterday. At 7pm I decided to go out as it was a Friday. Crazy.

Garage being 5 inches in water should have given me a hint.

Thank God I did, because as I switched the radio on, first thing I heard was - Frankston train lines suspended indefinitely. My sister was stuck in the city with no way to get home!!

Party cancel, mission get to city launched. North Road had nil visibility, after a while my brakes starting taking upto 10 seconds to take effect in the half foot water level puddles. Nil visibilty got worse. Minus something. Made it till St Kilda road, where trams were back to back and being evacuated by police. Traffic lights not functioning meant everyone was just taking it slow and driving when they saw enough space. Dangerous.

Kept ABC News Radio on. Heard St Kilda road been blocked by police seconds before seeing it with own eyes. Firetrucks and police sirens blocked the road, and one by one they let us through. My car got stuck midway in the water and we ( a policeman and a passenger from tram) had to push it through. Engine stalled. Restarted engine, was told by policeman turn back. Said can’t North Road worse than St Kilda road, look behind me. Sister in city. Better to reach city than turn back. Finally reached city, parked at Exhibition since MC roads reported worse off. Walk to MC. Grab sister. Storm subsides by 9:30pm. Start driving back around 10:30pm after roads have drained. Calm drive back. Cannot believe the change in an hour.

Garage now little better in flooding levels but looks like could get worse. Car on road or in garage? Radio says may be hail. Garage it is. Recover what we can from storage in garage.

Come home, fall dead asleep on couch.

What a day.