Hi Rowan
It's not that it hasn't rained in Adelaide for a long time (although still a bit less than expected) ... I just had a preference of riding in on less chance of rain days. First time I was out and got caught in it. Now that I know rain won't melt me, it's not too bad and with some basic preparation it'll be great fun.
I'm not to keen on cutting of my mid-long range vision by adjusting my head angle to stop the rain on my glasses

I was already having enough fun on my no grip ty(i)res!
The 32km round trip took a total of 1hr10m including stop lights/intersection. A new record...