AMAZING video footage of the wild weather that affected Australia's eastern seaboard over the weekend is being posted online.
Hail the size of softballs rained down on parts of southeast Queensland on Sunday as a severe storm passed over the region, causing significant damage to homes and cars.
Footage of the moment that the storm hit Brisbane was posted by YouTube users on Monday morning - and quickly began being shared around the world.
One video, posted by Flinn McKenzie and shot from a balcony, begins with the fast-moving storm visible in the distance and a person just off camera commenting: "It's getting closer - it hasn't arrived yet."
But within 20 seconds heavy rain is bucketing down and then the hail begins, forcing whoever is holding the video camera to scramble inside and quickly shut the sliding glass doors.
Towards the end of the video, the cameraman moves back outside and shows the ground covered in large hailstones.
A tarpaulin-style roof covering at the same property is full of holes - apparently where the hail has hit it, and washing has been knocked off a drying line.
Another video, posted by Nikos Athanasiadis, shows hail thundering into a backyard swimming pool and plumes of spray erupting into the air.
A third video, posted by Andy Reid, appears to show hail damaging a car parked in a Brisbane street and tearing leaves from nearby trees.
The Bureau of Meteorology said softball-sized hail (about nine to 10 centimetres across) were reported west of Toowoomba.
But by the time the storm hit Brisbane, the hail had shrunk to about golf ball size.
Wild weather also affected parts of southern NSW on the weekend and a giant waterspout developed off Long Beach, at Batemans Bay, about 2pm (AEDT) on Sunday.
Video of the waterspout has quickly spread around the world via social and traditional media.
Waterspouts, which are essentially water-borne tornadoes, are relatively common in Australia, but are normally much smaller than the one seen off Batemans Bay.
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