No one likes to be outside in wild weather - but some people have no choice.
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Wollongong Homeless Hub manager Julie Mitchell said at least eight of the people who turned up at the service on Monday ended up sleeping outside that night.
"It was an awful day for us here because it was pouring relentlessly for every minute of the day and we had people in here who we just couldn't get into accommodation and we knew they were going to be sleeping rough," Ms Mitchell said.
"How do you go home to the warmth of your own bed when you know the people you've been talking to are out there in the cold?"
"Davo" is one person who knows what it's like to have to sleep outside in the rain. While he had a roof over his head on Monday night, he has spent a lot of time sleeping rough in all weather.
"I've gotten up drenched, all my blankets were drenched," Davo said.
"I had nothing. I had to drag around all my wet stuff and try and find somewhere to get dry. I had nowhere to get dry for a week so I was just living in wet clothes. I'd strip down to nothing and lay under the wet blankets at night."
"If you can find somewhere dry and out of the weather, that's something.
"It might be cold ground, but it's still somewhere to lay and at least you're not getting saturated."
Ms Mitchell said catching a train was another option.
"We had been advising some people who had nowhere to go, to go on the train," she said.
"If necessary we were going to give them money for a ticket. At least they'd be warm and dry on the trains."
Ms Mitchell bought all the ponchos at Bunnings on Tuesday to hand out to those in need and the hub also has storage bins where people can leave some of their belongings so they stay dry.
Also, those sleeping in the rain also turn up at the hub in the morning to use the dryer and get something to eat.
Ms Mitchell said anyone wishing to help could donate tinned food, wet weather gear and thick, warm socks.