A lovely sunny mid 20's degree morning soon turned into hail storm's and flash flooding in a matter of minutes.
Hail bigger than golf balls fell on the City causing damage in the millions, Etihad Stadium level 2 was shut down as the NAB Cup Semi Final was delayed over half an hour, shops were floody and streets were turned into rivers.
As usual some crazies take things to a new level with a bit of street kayaking.
Punters at Flemington Racecourse found some unusual ways to deflect the hail as the last two races of the day were postponed to the next meet.
No idea if someone is still sitting in this car, but it was well and truly taking in water.
Some parts of Melbourne looked like it had been snowed on rather than hailed
The cleanup now takes place with insurance claims expected to be in the Millions, they are expecting it to be the largest event claim in Victoria's history.
We spent the morning at home in Sunshine doing a bit of gardening, pruning trees, roses and cutting back the hedge. The sky turned dark in a matter of minutes and no sooner had we packed up and it was raining, not just raining but thunderous storms pelting down some water drops. At home we suffered a bit of water damage to the toilet as the gutters failed to handle the amount of water getting thrown at them and they overflowed both out and in and got into the walls and light fixture, not a great deal of damage luckily.
Unlike a few km's down the road where the hail started to drop and seemed to get larger as the storm moved across the city.
More storms and rain was expected for Sunday and Monday, whilst we have had some rain and winds it has been nothing compared to Saturdays.
So for Sebastian this was his first big storm and one we wont forget in a hurry, neither will Amare and Farley as they shivered on the couch with thunder cracking down around them.
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