Thread: Are you noticing a drought?

Another point - I have dams going dry that did not go dry even in the long drought. And I have no stock now!

John

No drought where I am But I am feeling the impact from elswhere. stock prices have taken a dive across the board due to western drought forcing stock onto the markets coupled with the cessation of the live export drying up an outlet. Weaner steers sold in Longreach for $20 yesterday! ( watch your city meat prices reflect that .....NOT!) So not good if you have a debt!

Cheers Scott

There is a green drought in my district of Broadmarsh.

To explain, there is only a small shoot of grass showing, which could suit a few sheep but nowhere the bulk of feed required for cattle or normal stocking rates for sheep.

There are farmers that have been caught with the prices for their cattle dropping sharply when they tried to reduce numbers by selling.

Heavy soils have cracks in them and the sandy soils have dust blowing from them.

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We haven't been able to easily get into the desert for 2 years because it has been too wet. The Birdsville inside track, Walkers Crossing and Warburton Crossing have only just reopened after being closed for a very long time due to water. I've noticed that if we get unusually hot weather that places like Europe will have a corresponding cold snap. The idea that some sort of extreme weather event 'sucks' the weather from elsewhere does make sense to me.

The wife's vegie garden had been suffering a drought, so she installed a new sprinkler system and decided to try it out last night. Unfortunately, she hadn't fitted the timer and forgot to turn it off. Got a phone call from the neighbours about 10pm asking if we were causing the flood going past their kitchen door! There goes the water bill...

I've noticed that if we get unusually hot weather that places like Europe will have a corresponding cold snap. The idea that some sort of extreme weather event 'sucks' the weather from elsewhere does make sense to me.

Mike, I don't think any connections have been conclusively made that far, but there is an inverse relationship between the snowfall in Antarctica around Casey Station (specifically Law Dome which is a large flat mountain around 100km away) and the SW WA wheatbelt. Increased snowfall in Antarctica corresponded with a decrease in rainfall in SW WA.

We are only just discovering these links.

Antarctic snowfall linked to West Australian drought

Tassie people insisted when Queensland gets cyclones Tassie misses out. I have no idea if that's true, but it was interesting...

Yes.
Bought this place during a drought and a year later is became a bog that never dried out. This year it is dry again and we only had to mow the lawn twice this summer.