Update: From the Launceston Examiner of 1 October 2003, page 7
"OUR HORRID SEPTEMBER
Tasmania has experienced one of its wettest, coldest and windiest Septembers
on record, according to the Bureau of Meterorology.
Rainfall was above average in all parts of Tasmania except the East Coast,
with some areas experiencing the wettest September for 20 years."

It goes on to detail the extremes experienced and notes that some places
recorded a 102 year high in rainfall and that "mean wind speeds were 10 to
20 per cent highter than normal in most centres."

Judanne