I am from the other side of Australia where we have a terrible drought and have had temperatures of over 40 degrees. We did have a smaller cyclone hit us last weekend, but minimal damage in comparison. So all the flooding in Queensland is pretty foreign to us!
Hi I'm from Perth left in May this year, hope to go back next year. Like you said 2011 has been a horror year from Australia weather wise. My family live mainly in QLD. Ipswich in particular and had to go through the floods, but came out alright. Then we had all the bush fires and Perth had a couple of mini tornadoes (mini!!) In Ellenbrook all the tree's in the pine forest snapped like twigs and fell all over the road. People lost roofs of their houses and double garage doors were blown inward. It was shocking. Plus of course the flooding and the storms that ripped through the top North.