How would you survive a weekend disconnected from power?
Campbell man Jim Croft got by with a little help from his friends.
A tree took out the power lines connecting his and his neighbour's electricity during a sudden windstorm Friday afternoon.
Theirs were two of 16,000 properties affected by outages after the weather event saw trees and power poles felled by gusts up to 69 kilometres per hour.
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As of 9am, Monday, there were only 25 properties across Canberra still without power with the work down to restoring power to individual homes.
Mr Croft, speaking on his second day without electricity, said the situation had been manageable.
"When it first looked like we were going to be without power for a day or so we took all the perishables across the road," he said.
"The first night wasn't so bad because we could use candles and there was still cold food."
Mr Croft said he later started to worry about his laptop and phone batteries but was saved by neighbour Axel Godeck who ran a power lead into his home so he could charge his devices.
Food wasn't an issue either.
"Fortunately we've got gas so we can boil water and do basic cooking," he said.
"I needed to defrost the fridge anyway so it's not so bad."
Mr Croft paid tribute to the speedy work of ActewAGL who had worked around the clock to reconnect affected homes.
"To get almost 16,000 homes back on in two days is pretty good I would think," Mr Croft said.
The ACT State Emergency Service was attending its final three jobs Sunday afternoon after receiving 950 requests for help since Friday.
The service's volunteer units worked with the ACT Emergency Services Agency, ACT Ambulance Service, ACT Fire & Rescue, ACT Rural Fire Service, the National Capital Authority, Access Canberra, ActewAGL and Transport Canberra and City Services to clean up storm damage.
"The ACTSES would also to thank the public for their patience this weekend while crews responded to the jobs," a spokeswoman said.
The Bureau of Meteorology has predicted just light winds in the week ahead.
The temperature is set to stay above 30 degrees until Saturday with Tuesday and Wednesday expected to reach a whopping 37 and 36 degrees respectively.