About 25 years ago (about this time of year) I was in Sydney, Australia - I was in a hostel and popped to the minibus to read their A2Z maps to look up a job I

About 25 years ago (about this time of year) I was in Sydney, Australia - I was in a hostel and popped to the minibus to read their A2Z maps to look up a job I was heading to. I was a mild autumn day, maybe 16c. As I got in the van I heard a clonk, and thought someone threw a stone at the van, then another, and another - suddenly sweeping down the street was a wall of huge hailstones as big as cricket balls - they fell for about 3 minutes then stopped. You would have had a short time to run and hide - but if you were in a tent it would be horrible and potentially dangerous - equally if you were out somewhere open without cover. The damage to roofs and cars was massive. I'm sure they gave some exception to driving with broken windscreens as so many were broken at one time, that loads of cars couldn't get theirs replaced. Edit - realised their must be a Wikipedia article about it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Sydney_hailstorm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Sydney_hailstorm