NO rain for the next five days?

It's rained a lot here.  The recent forecast was for no rain for the next five days.  Yesterday was good.  Today started well.  But then it rained and rained and rained!  A friend cleared out my rainwater barrel yesterday and left it empty.  Tonight it is totally full!

The photo was taken before it rained.  The lumpy water almost in the centre going across the picture is the river which I can usually cross at low tide.  Today it was impossible to cross!  I couldn't get to the main big beach as the campsite had closed access to it.  They always do when there are lots of locals around who would like to walk on the beach!