Being a Queenslander, ....I have just checked the B.O.M. and it appears that there is not a bit of rain anywhere to be seen in Queensland and Northern New South Wales. ( That is the only areas I checked)
In Brisbane, in the month of August we held our Annual Agriculture Show (EKKA) and we never got a drop of rain for the 10 days of the Ekka.
Plenty of those annual Westerly winds.
I hope that all the other States & Territories received some good falls.
But the word on the street is... we are certainly going through one of the worst droughts especially west of the Great Dividing Range or the Outback as we call it.
Some towns will be in trouble with their water supplies at years end.
Would be great to see rain in the needed areas, BUT NOT FLOODS.
I being born in an out back town, I have always had a warm spot in my heart for those communities and their people.
Jay&Dee
Farmhat said
12:03 PM Aug 21, 2019
I reckon Babinda, Innesfail and Tully have been hogging all the rain. Was drenched all around there recently.
Joe.
blaze said
01:29 PM Aug 21, 2019
here in nw tassie our july rainfall was 25mm up on average and the way its going it will be up this month too
cheers
blaze
Mariner30 said
02:53 PM Aug 21, 2019
And yet on the other side of Tassie ( the east coast) the opposite is happening...
Less than half of the average rainfall,
Paddocks are yellow and bare,
Farmers are running out of feed, farm dams are drying up and there is starting to be quite a lot of community concern about the situation,
Aus-Kiwi said
03:08 PM Aug 21, 2019
My Bro in NZ says its been raining
Off and on for months . Nr Tauranga. Seems if its raining here drought there. Vice versa .
SouthernComfort said
03:20 PM Aug 21, 2019
Farmhat wrote:
I reckon Babinda, Innesfail and Tully have been hogging all the rain. Was drenched all around there recently.
Joe.
When we visited Tully it was raining, then we learned it has the highest rainfall (as a town) in Oz. Brisvegas is the third wettest capital.
Whenarewethere said
04:24 PM Aug 21, 2019
A bit of it in the south west of WA.
Gaylehere said
04:41 PM Aug 21, 2019
Hi, Have recently been through mid Qld and it is very dry. SE Qld where my Dad and brother lives is also very dry. Stanthorpe will run out of water by Christmas if nothing much falls from the sky before then. It is very tough on all these communities. EKKA time was always windy and/or rain or both. Definitely need rain in a lot of places.
Olive Oil said
05:27 AM Aug 22, 2019
Trying to make a living out of stock or crops in ARID & SEMI-ARID areas has always been a risky proposition.
Removing the natural ARID AREA vegetation didn't help either. Dust storms etc.
Dare I say that climate change could have something to do with it as well.
None the less I do feel sympathy for these communities.
-- Edited by Olive Oil on Thursday 22nd of August 2019 08:01:25 AM
JayDee said
09:42 AM Sep 1, 2019
Still no rain only blue skies is what I see.
Spring is here, and what better way to enjoy the season, would be to have some R A I N.
But the summer months hopefully will bring many storms and plenty of rain.
One has to spare a thought for our people on the land.
Jay&Dee
blaze said
10:19 PM Sep 1, 2019
they are sick of the rain on the west coast of tassie, the east coast of tassie is in drought. Farmers are never happy, to much or to little rain
Poor buggers
cheers
blaze
Being a Queenslander, ....I have just checked the B.O.M. and it appears that there is not a bit of rain anywhere to be seen in Queensland and Northern New South Wales. ( That is the only areas I checked)
In Brisbane, in the month of August we held our Annual Agriculture Show (EKKA) and we never got a drop of rain for the 10 days of the Ekka.
Plenty of those annual Westerly winds.
I hope that all the other States & Territories received some good falls.
But the word on the street is... we are certainly going through one of the worst droughts especially west of the Great Dividing Range or the Outback as we call it.
Some towns will be in trouble with their water supplies at years end.
Would be great to see rain in the needed areas, BUT NOT FLOODS.
I being born in an out back town, I have always had a warm spot in my heart for those communities and their people.
Jay&Dee
I reckon Babinda, Innesfail and Tully have been hogging all the rain. Was drenched all around there recently.
Joe.
cheers
blaze
When we visited Tully it was raining, then we learned it has the highest rainfall (as a town) in Oz. Brisvegas is the third wettest capital.
A bit of it in the south west of WA.
Trying to make a living out of stock or crops in ARID & SEMI-ARID areas has always been a risky proposition.
Removing the natural ARID AREA vegetation didn't help either. Dust storms etc.
Dare I say that climate change could have something to do with it as well.
None the less I do feel sympathy for these communities.
-- Edited by Olive Oil on Thursday 22nd of August 2019 08:01:25 AM
Still no rain only blue skies is what I see.
Spring is here, and what better way to enjoy the season, would be to have some R A I N.
But the summer months hopefully will bring many storms and plenty of rain.
One has to spare a thought for our people on the land.
Jay&Dee
Poor buggers
cheers
blaze