Thread: SO WE ARE IN A DROUGHT...YOU AINT SEEN NOTHIN' YET.....

So far so good here in WA with another good cold front coming in which should give us better than average rainfall for June

Originally Posted by Kaps

As I sit here listening to the rain **** down on the roof I'm reading an article on Walgett.
Fish flow release brings heart to communities along the Barwon | The Land

It is late. I m tired. Please can someone say I am reading this right. The Barwon river is now flowing through Walgett. This was because someone let some water out of the Copeton Dam. So, the water crisis in Walgett was man made.

I had nearly forgotten how small many of those western "rivers" are. The Barwon at the weir appears to be about 12 metres wide. In North Qld. it would be mistaken for a cane drain. I remember as a schoolboy seeing the Lachlan at, I think, Forbes and thinking "Gee, it is just a bit of a creek."

I live in Barraba, NSW. We have only had 50mm this year.
I was at Coonamble last year and they had about the same for the year.
I think it is time I move to the tropics or England

We've had nearly 130mm so far this year - but 100mm of that fell in January and March, and was immediately followed by very high temperatures and near gale force very dry winds, so the rain did almost nothing. There has been no "run off" rain since January 2017, so most of the dams round here are dry or nearly dry.

We have 13 out of thirteen dams on the property near Noondoo,SW Qld with no water at all.

Luckily there are a few bores,supplying troughs and the homestead.

The Dorpers are struggling,only the healthy ones are surviving,marinos need feeding.

Many kangaroos are dying,as well.

No wheat again this year,even if there is good winter rains.Often there are winter storms,but none the last couple of years.

No good summer rains for the last 5 yrs.

The locals recon it’s worse than 1965,which is the worse drought in the area that most can remember.

Quite a few pigs about,well fed on carcasses,and drinking from the troughs

Not much bird life about,either.

Yeah drought .... This is me last night trying to cut a dodgy 'V' drain across my yard to clear the storm water away from the house.



I was incredibly lucky to get the tractor back out of there. You can't pull the front wheels out of the trench the rears are digging to get back onto solid ground.

Originally Posted by scarry

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Many kangaroos are dying,as well.

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Yes, seen that around here as well, for the first time in the 25 years I've lived here.

One neighbour planted on the strength of the 17.5 mm in May, but I'm afraid he has done his dough. Some came up, but between his merinos (which he has now sold) and the roos, its pretty much bare ground now. He has been spending tens of thousands to feed his breeding cattle, but they are looking a bit poor.

My other neighbour reckons his dorpers are hanging on OK, and I have to say they don't look too bad, but I don't see what they are eating!

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Yes, seen that around here as well, for the first time in the 25 years I've lived here.

One neighbour planted on the strength of the 17.5 mm in May, but I'm afraid he has done his dough. Some came up, but between his merinos (which he has now sold) and the roos, its pretty much bare ground now. He has been spending tens of thousands to feed his breeding cattle, but they are looking a bit poor.

My other neighbour reckons his dorpers are hanging on OK, and I have to say they don't look too bad, but I don't see what they are eating!

The worse thing about the roos dying is some seem to do it right next to the homestead,i don't know why,maybe the grass is a little bit better there.

The Dorpers eat the leaves off the trees they can reach, and shrubs,and branches and things.They are a pretty hardy animal,and nice eating when in good condition.

I was speaking to one of the neighbours a while back,and they saw a Wedgie pick up a new born Dorper,lift it about 100ft into the air and drop it,they recon to kill it.They have never seen that ever before,and have been sheep farming for 35yrs.