gyro is right. The Kimberly region of NW West Oz has some of the most violent storm cells and lightning, I have ever experienced.
I quite enjoy watching storms and lightning displays .. and have seen lightning strike with 200 metres of me, twice, in the SW of W.A. .. but I recall, camping out on the banks of the Oakover River, just SE of Shay Gap in 1994 .. and retreating to the back of my Landcruiser station wagon .. not only to avoid the rain .. but in real fear, as the most violent lightning I have ever seen, seemed to be hitting the ground dozens of times a minute, for an hour at least .. within very close range of our camping spot ..
