Mar 29, the next morning:

Poured all night here but short of torrential. Seems we dodged the machine-gun hail of bullets this time. The heaviest rain fell right on the coast (300+), which is the opposite of last time when it fell on the hinterland. This also helps in terms of river flooding coz there's less to come down through the system.

As hoped for, it did move through quicker than the last on, which is what saved us.

System is still tracking down the coast but should be only big rain rather than the full-scale disaster.

Edit: 358mm was the top recorded - at Coplicks Bridge (on the Gold Coast).