Nothing forecast for Brisbane and marginal chances elsewhere prevented us from getting too disappointed with the lack of activity today. Still, some very interesting condensation features at Warwick kept us awake.

Far west or far south were the options. We split the difference and went SW to Warwick for easy access to either. As we approached the ranges, some orographic lifting provided an interesting display.

Plenty of moisture near the surface assisted an odd roll cloud type formation to our south over the town of Warwick. A storm just beyond it also undoubtedly played a role.

Some rumbles were heard but no lightning was seen as a broader area of fog drifted in from the E. The oddness of the following shot is due to the use of a nuetral graduated filter where it probably wasn't required. Fog is supposed to white and bright, but I like the effect anyway.

Here's a pretty cool timelapse:

Our problem now up on this small hill was that fog had completely enveloped us, inhibiting our view of pretty much everything. We drove halfway back down the hill and pulled off the road.

I'd been bogged when chasing once before and I was alone. This time Drew and I shared the experience. Luckily we were close to the road and it only took about five minutes to get out. Before one does manage to get out though, one starts to imagine how long one might be stuck there. Exciting stuff.

The activity to the N was now approaching us with thunder audible. As well as the fog, rain was now becoming more widespread. We had rain all around us but not on us, as we were cunningly situated pretty much on the 'W' of Warwick below:

With a small gust front visible over a hill to the NW we headed up there for a better view, waiting for the rain to arrive, knowing it was unfortunately only a matter of time.

Lightning and thunder were getting closer but sadly the rain hit us before we got any decent photos. Here's some completely pointless footage of us driving through rain desperately trying to get some lightning:

This large area was turning into a line running in a "\" direction. We headed off for Fernvale where we managed to avoid the rain for a little while and finally got to shoot a bit of lightning.

Again, it didn't take long for the precip to arrive when the lightning stopped anyway. Nine hours chasing yielded very little today, but at least we didn't expect much.