Hailstones!

This post is about 2 weeks late, and I blame it on my assignments and tests again (yes, I blame everything on them). About 2 weeks ago I experienced my first hailstorm in Perth. Fortunately the hailstones were tiny, so although I was caught in the open, I escaped intact.

See those tiny white somethings on the ground?

They're little oddly shaped pieces of ice!

Thank you Zhong Yang for holding the ice while I took that photo. Your so very pretty little fingers are now enjoying fame on my blog.

The temperature plunged quite suddenly when the ice came, so it was pretty uncomfortable under the storm. However discomfort was the last thing on our mind when we were jumping about excitedly in falling ice. The locals had a very different reaction. They ran straight for cover (I assume they've had bad experiences with hailstones the size of golf balls).

Looks like Christmas comes at random times in Western Australia.