I look at it this way - QLD was DRY for the better part of 30 years, so it is a GOOD thing. OK, it ruins our hobby (and we basically now have Victorian weather, whilst they got our weather!), but its benefits far outweigh the inconvenience. The cycle will repeat eventually, and we will be dry again.
It certainly weeds out the Fair Weather Astronomers from the Die Hard ones. I have noticed a good deal of kit up for sale by disgruntled fair weather QLD astronomers - again, a plus for the rest
