Rained Out at Henley Beach

Departing Port Adelaide, we considered our options and decided to go to Henley Beach for gelato. Once there, we had a lovely gelato at a shop staffed by Italian immigrants. After consuming our sweet treat, we decided to walk up the pier. Even though it was overcast and there was thunder and lightning in the far distance, it didn’t seem as if rain was imminent. Boy were we wrong; three quarters up the pier, the skies suddenly opened up. Even the crab fisherman on the pier was caught by surprise. We ran to the shelter at the end of the jetty. As we ran, the rain came at us at a sharp angle, and the raindrops felt painful as they hit us. Once we were under shelter, we observed various people on the beach and on the boardwalk scrambling for shelter.

The rain let up a little after ten minutes, so we took a chance and made our way back up the pier. We were half soaked by the time we got back to the car. From there, we made our way back to Charles’ bridge club. The traffic was slow moving due to the heavy rain. Along the way, we joked repeatedly about how we’ve had rare rainstorms on my two summer visits to Australia so far.Read more