If you live on the NSW coast and have been struggling to dry your washing for the past week – sorry to tell you the big wet is forecast to run right through the weekend. The heaviest falls are likely to hit between Newcastle and the far south coast – with warnings of 100-200mm over the next few days. And because we seem to do a lot of extreme weather in this country – it’s worth mentioning the PM’s been at Beef Week in Queensland (yeah, it’s a thing…) promising $514 million for farmers to improve their drought resilience. That fits with the global picture… This April was the hottest ever on record – the 11th month in a row that world temperatures have broken old limits. It’s been especially fierce in Asia – with the Philippines and Bangladesh shutting schools and Thailand reporting severe crop losses.