In 2020,

"We need to have a good story," says Kokko. "And I think we do."As the skies unleashed

in February over North Queensland, Australia, many locals endured sleepless nights, unsure what level of flooding and damage they would wake up to.Perhaps none more so than Andrew Brown - a cybersecurity lecturer by day, with a side hustle as a self-made amateur weather forecaster.Few know that Mr Brown is the brains behind Wally's Weather - a Facebook page with 107,000 followers and 24 million monthly views, focusing on weather across the tropical state of Queensland.

During the record-breaking flooding, when 400 people were forced to evacuate their homes, Mr Brown published round the clock posts, even waking in the night to share updates, out of a sense of duty and responsibility to his audience.He even left work early when he spotted on his weather radar that five hours of non-stop rain would be approaching, advising not just his Facebook followers, but his bosses, colleagues, wife and adult children to do the same.

"When there's a big weather event, you try and give people as much notice as possible."

He is based in Townsville, the regional centre of an area known for a rain-drenched, hot, humid wet season from January to March."My first Big Weekend, 2010, in Bangor, when I went as a punter," she says.

"I was a huge Vampire Weekend fan at the time... I was front and centre, leaning up against the barriers, having the time of my life."I've still got rubbish pictures on a digital camera that I took with me at the time.

"I'll never forget that moment," she says. "I was losing my mind."If you're actually heading down to Sefton Park, the weather forecast is looking... mixed.