Oh, so is just the bonnet that damaged then?
The last time we had hail storm in Perth (In March 2010), I took my V35 to work with no under cover parking. It started raining heavily around 4:30pm and the power got cut off. So we started going home (Work actually finish at 5:30pm) and I got home 5 minutes later. Then, I went back out with my Mirage to pick up my brother from University which is 30 minutes away, but took me 1 and a half hour to get there. There, I saw how bad the storm was (Traffic jams, flooded areas, etc.). So lucky I got to put my V35 into the garage earlier.
Again, sorry to hear about your Forester, Terry. Hope it all goes well for you.