Rollo, those costumes are amazing! I've actually seen some similar things at some of the Pagan gatherings here in Australia, the Mylor English Ale especially, where we do a torchlight procession with lots of folk in costumes equally weird, including Giants (traditional European style giants rather than SSSS ones though!). You would probably find video of it on the internet.
Thanks, everybody who has been thinking of us through our storms and floods! Yeah, we're very prepared - I've been a bushie for a very long time. Usually I would still have firewood by this time of year, but it has been an uncommonly long and tough winter this year. Barring disasters or further damage to the roof, we should be fine. My garden is presently flooded, but should survive.