25mm of rain came crashing down in Thursday's storm which was only brief but certainly packed a punch.  That rain wasn't really much used to us as the bulk ran off but the 12mm that followed was, dare I say it, most welcome.  We were really starting to dry out so it came just in time and thankfully there wasn't too much wind associated with it so not too much mess out there.  By way of comparison, Kingscliff water treatment plant which is next door to Chinderah golf, got 55mm in the same storm on Thursday.  Now that would be too much.

The course is in the middle of the circle.

 

The heavy rain helped settle down the new works on 18W and 3R which were completed this week.  18W bunker was re-drained, although it barely had any functional drainage in it, and there was no water standing in the bunker after the storm had passed with the new drainage.  All of the surface water on 18W fairway also did exactly what it should and all flowed to the drainage pit with minimal damage to the surface.  The area will be re-worked next week after the irrigation is installed and prior to turfing on Tuesday.

Player numbers retreated a little this week though numbers are still high with 500+ players per day the norm.  Almost literally at the other end of Australia, one of our crew went down to Ocean Dunes GC on King Island last year as the Assistant Super and they had 24 players today and have a huge day of 45 players booked on Sunday!!