We have had three days of unrelenting rain in Newcastle, there have been very few riders out, but I was one of them. I got very wet and it was not pleasant. My bike in the rain:

I had to mind this small person

Then today I went to Sydney, just as wet there but there were a few bicycles out and about, though I didn’t see any of them being ridden



I found riding in the rain very unpleasant, I had no lights and got so wet it felt as though I would never dry off or warm up again. But riding in the rain is something we have to do at times. I found the car drivers to be quite civil though and did not get splashed by any of them, luckily, I was wet enough from the downpour! There were even a few of these, but they did not last long and disappeared as soon as the next downpour came along: