Getting Wet at the Da Vinci Machines

Da Vinci Bicycle
Originally uploaded by mrgord.

Husband was out on Friday night and left his car in the city so yesterday morning we needed to go and pick it up and bring the poor thing home.

Whilst we were down there, we thought "why not go and see the Da Vinci machines exhibition"? So we did.

And it was fascinating, worth a visit although it only takes maximum of an hour to get around it and for $50 for a family, it's not cheap or as good value as say, Scitech.

But you don't get to see these things very often and it was amazing to see how prolific the man was or how many subjects he mastered and excelled at.

Of course yesterday was the entirely wrong day to go with regards to the weather! When we came out of the pavilion (on the Esplanade if you're thinking of going) it was actually hailstoning. This was the first time that I've seen hailstones in Perth and we've been here nearly 3 and a half years now, I'd almost forgotten what they look like!

So we hid inside the cafe area hoping that it would stop for a minute but then we had a storm directly overhead with thunder, torrential rain and lightening going on so ended up having to make the decision to just run for it. With the roads leading down from St Georges Terrace to the Esplanade like rivers we were absolutely soaked to the skin by the time we arrived at the car.

Needless to say as soon as we got onto the freeway to go home, the rain slowed! Why is that? Does it actually do that or is it your brain fooling you into thinking that the rain is stopping and therefore if only you had left it 20 minutes you would have been fine to venture out?