WEEKLY rainfall totals greater than 100 mm were recorded in the central north of Victoria and northern Tasmania, with some north-west parts of Tasmania recording over 200 mm.
Large parts of south-east Australia, the south-west coast of Western Australia and small parts of Queensland and the Northern Territory received weekly totals of at least 25 mm.
A low pressure system south of the mainland linked up with tropical moisture during the middle of the week, forming an extensive, slow-moving rain band over south-east Australia.
On the 13th and 14th, many October daily rainfall records were…