Bureau observations matrix
Observations links
Surface & upper chart links
Satellite image links
Radar & Lightning sitelinks

Latest 6-hourly surface chart. Click image for recent charts. BoM

Latest Australian radar and satellite mosaic from BoM. Click image for a three hour animation.
Image from JMA satellite MTSAT-1R via BoM

Good animations for satellite images only
Bureau of Meteorology - the false colour temperature view is recommended
CIMSS East Australia | West Australia - click the word FLASH at the bottom for animation
Brisbane Storm Chasers - Excellent, large images. Use the menus at top but note that the site's images sometimes are not updated so check dates and times, which are in UTC.

Recent lightning strikes from WWLLN.net. Click image for a 24-hour animation. Click here for a 24-hour animation of Australian and the South Pacific. Lightning strikes are shown in blue and active sensors are the circled red asterisks. The red line shows the position of the terminator. IR satellite cloud images are provided by the US National Weather Service/Aviation Weather Center.