[Arcturus]

So there I was at 6pm this evening, walking down the drive to shut the gates for the night. Walking back to the house I stopped and looked at the sky as I often do and was stunned to see a thick black rope tornado in the western sky.

I watched it for two minutes then got got my parents to watch. It lasted for another ten minutes before dissapating.

It was truly awesome, never seen anything like it in my life. I presume it was a landspout as there was no thunderstorm. It appeared to come from an ordinary cumulus cloud.

Anyone else in the Brisbane area see any such thing?