On Tuesday, an ingenious Australian teenager decided a bit of rain would not get between her and a cheeseburger.
Tamara Barker, 18, was stuck in a severe storm in South Australia when a strong craving for McDonald's struck. The teen jumped in her best friend's kayak and paddled to the local Port Lincoln store, where three amused Macca's workers served her up four hot cheeseburgers at the drive-thru.
The photograph, taken by her sister Hann, was posted to the South Australian Weather Facebook page, where it garnered hundreds of thousands of views.
"It was definitely worth getting the kayak. I had so much fun, I paddled about 20 metres down the drive-thru and I was paddling in the car park as well," Barker told Mashable Australia. "The flood level was above my knee and did minor water damage to some local business but it wasn't too bad."
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The McDonald's store and other shops on the main street were flooded with one metre of water after a pump failed during the storm, according to Adelaide Now.
More than 20 businesses in Port Lincoln were flooded when heavy rain drenched the area on Tuesday and more ugly weather is expected in the region on Wednesday. Now there's at least a tried and tested method of sourcing fast food.