It's been raining heavily across much of South Eastern Australia since yesterday-Friday-morning. It has not been uniformly distributed but there have been big falls inland in drought stricken areas and some areas in inland Queensland and NE NSW have received their first rainfall in a decade. Yes, that's right their first rain for ten years. Some school age children are seeing rain for the first time. Farmers are literally dancing with joy in the mud. Empty dams on rural properties have become small lakes. Dry creek beds have become raging torrents.
Many of the fires have been extinguished and others have been dampened although some are still burning. Here, in Terrigal on the coast, the rain did not start until yesterday afternoon but it's been raining steadily since then. This our first serious prolonged rain for over 5 months. Our 7500 litre capacity rainwater tanks are full again. Now the garden will no longer be gasping for water but the stressed trees will need months to recover and sadly some will die-even gum trees which are very drought resistant are looking sick in nearby Bouddi National Park.
Photo above taken at midday from my house of the nearby Illawarra flame tree as the rain poured down.
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