What? A cresting wave at Balmoral?

I've only ever seen that one other time since we've been here and it was in the middle of a cyclone. Our sleepy, calm Balmoral even had surfers on it this week. We've experienced some crazy weather since we've been here but this week's insanity was definitely the most extreme. I know it's not the Snowmageddon that our friends and family in Boston had to endure this year, but our softened Sydney tolerance for anything but perfect weather was really tested.