Wet weekends continue to dog summer

Overcast, wet and fluctuating weather has been a hallmark of most weekends this summer and the weather report shows no let up until Christmas, if not beyond. No wonder fruitgrowers are having problems selling record crops of summer fruits. If it doesn't feel like summer, people are having difficulty acting like its summer. Cases of mangos are going for unbelievably low prices. Ditto stone fruits.

Menacing Sunday afternoon storm clouds and cooler temperatures empty the beaches and Sydney Harbour on 12 December 2011.

The previous weekend, young sailors got a lesson in stormy conditions on Sydney Harbour and practice in righting small boats.

Kayackers off Little Manly Point enjoy Sydney Harbour regardless of the overcast weather.