So it's been wet in Sydney over the past month

Really, really wet. Wetter than any sort of wet you get in Britain. In Sydney, when it rains hard the roads become rivers and you can't walk five metres in the rain within being soaked. On Friday, I crossed the road for a sandwich at lunch, got caught out on the way back, and when I was changing out of my work clothes at home six hours later they were still damp.

Want an illustration? How about this:

Do your own Attenborough voiceover

I think I once wanted to be a nature filmmaker. Can't remember what happened to that, but on my 34th birthday, I finally shot some footage of a cool animal.

This is a Victoria's Riflebird and it came onto our verandah every morning where we were staying in Lake Eacham, north Queensland. It was trying to impress the ladies of course, but they were more interested in our breakfast scraps. Love can be hard.