fairly fascinating. we had three of these things. there's one, two, and there's one over there on the other side of the scene here. that's another thing that makes water spouts interesting is because they typically -- they don't form with a big super cell typically. these are a little more of a coastal phenomena. the setup is a little different. you've got winds coming from different angles, and you get a little storm that pops up along the coastline, and you get that rotation. this particular one is moving pretty fast as well off towards the -- there's that close-up look again. it looks like a dust devil. that's water being sprayed around and sucked up in it. this is all part of a larger system that is pounding much of sydney with heavy rain and flash floods. a lot of times over the tropics, they'll just sit and spin like over florida. florida will get these a lot, especially during the summertime, because they have what's called the sea breeze front, and that sea breeze front in the afternoon comes this way. if you have a stalled front or something like that, you'll get winds coming from a different