Thread: Are you all ready for the next drought?

The last one has not finished yet here! Dams and rivers are almost the lowest I have ever seen, and there is very little feed anywhere. Recent rain has seen crops germinate, but there is little subsoil moisture, and these will be very dependent on further regular rain.

John

Yeah, it's coming alright.

Central Vic is very dry for this time of year and have had less than 1/2 the average rainfall so far. It doesn't bode well.

Not good up this way either. But in reality we have not seen a drought in Australia yet that compares with one that was around in 1770. I remember when I was at primary school and learning about explorers like Cook, Tasman etc, I read that Capt Cook had trouble finding fresh water on the east coast when he was sailing north. Some years ago I had a mate who worked in CRC Reef Research at James Cook Uni. From coral coring on the reef they can establish the size of the wet seasons from the silt deposits from major rivers like the Burdekin. Their records indicate in that period the Burdekin had not flowed for 10 years - that is something we have never seen. Even in the driest years it still flows. Let's hope we don't see a repetition of that one.

not sure what you guys in NSW are complaining about,,

Yes it is not good at all up in Queensland either. I own a Droughtmaster stud and this year I am very worried, I have less than half the normal feed on my property. Normally when I open the herd to the hills at the rear within a few weeks I have a good head of feed for later in the year up at the front, this year it didnt grow as it was too dry. I will run out of feed the question is when
Chris

Good thing that Adelaide has that new desal plant idling away, at least the richer locals can keep their lawns green at $100 per square metre.

The drought is so bad around my place that I've had to drain the rainwater tank into the stormwater drain, just so we could have sufficient room for the next rain. They may have to turn on the desal plant sometime in the future.

Don't worry, if we run out of meat or veg we can get it at Woolies' just down the road. Addit: Bugger, its raining again, I'm going to have to flush some tank water down the storm water tonight.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

not sure what you guys in NSW are complaining about,,

Depends on which bit of NSW you are in. Looks from your map like I'm in the red or on the edge of it.

John