Terms, Conditions & Privacy Policy
1. What this site is
Thunder Down Under displays rain radar imagery published by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (BOM), together with a map and, where available, road camera images from state transport agencies. It is provided for general information and convenience.
2. Use at your own risk
- Radar imagery is produced and published by BOM. We relay it as received and do not alter its content beyond removing overlaid text so it can sit on a map. Frames can be delayed, missing or out of date, particularly during severe weather when BOM's services are under load; the page indicates when it is showing older frames.
- Do not rely on this site for decisions affecting safety, life or property. For warnings and official information use bom.gov.au and your state emergency service.
- The site is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind, to the extent permitted by the Australian Consumer Law. We are not liable for any loss arising from its use or unavailability.
3. Data sources and attribution
- Radar imagery: © Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology. Its copyright and terms apply to that imagery.
- Map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Protomaps.
- Road cameras: Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads and Transport for NSW open data (CC BY), with live pictures relayed through our Fuel Fox service.
4. Acceptable use
You may use the site for personal, non-commercial purposes. Do not scrape, mirror or automate requests against it, attempt to disrupt it, or reuse the imagery in a way that breaches the source agencies' terms.
5. Privacy
- No accounts. The site has no sign-up and collects no name, email or other personal details.
- Settings stay on your device. Your favourite radars, last radar, range, camera and opacity settings are stored in your browser's local storage. They are never sent to us.
- Approximate location. On first visit we use the approximate location that Cloudflare derives from your IP address (city level) to pick the nearest radar. It is used for that request only and is not stored. "Near me" asks your browser for its location, which stays in your browser.
- Server logs. The site runs on Cloudflare, which processes IP addresses and request data to deliver and secure the service under its privacy policy. We do not use advertising or tracking cookies.
- Third parties. Map fonts and icons are loaded from GitHub Pages (protomaps.github.io) and camera pictures from fuelfox.au; those requests carry your IP address to those services.
6. Changes
We may update the site or these terms at any time; the date above shows the current version.
7. Contact
Digital Services International Pty Ltd · support@digitalservices.net.au. These terms are governed by the laws of Queensland, Australia.