There isn't enough water left in the atmosphere to get a good Hurricane going in the Pacific, it's all falling up and down the Australian east coast ..... I was born and raised in the NSW South Coast area, been away for 8 yrs, can't remember this much rain over so many mths .... it usually comes in, drenches the place to the point of minor flooding, then leaves 3 days or at the most, a week later. Been here since June and witnessed 5 yrs rainfall for the Mannum SA region .... nothing ever gets to dry out, but everything is green, even things that aren't supposed to be, like concrete paths ..... T1 Terry