Rain...

It came at last...rain! Despite not suffering as badly as everyone up North, we have been feeding cattle daily and the dark clouds brought relief. While rain doesn't change everything over night it is more than just life giving, it gives us hope. A feeling of hope that no one can describe unless they have stood and watched livestock become skin and bone, dams dry up and the life taken from the land.

Imagine having a terrible day-the worst. Lose your phone, late to university, fall down stairs, fill your diesel ute with petrol, your worst nightmare day after day, this is a farmer's day when water becomes scarce.

The consolation a bit of rain can provide is unbelievable and makes farm life easier, from dirt to grass, from nothing to something. All the mental strain can be left behind once the first drop of rain hits the parched earth.

I feel reassured knowing I won't have to load a truck filled with quality cattle and send them to the abattoir. Last year in the middle of summer we were faced with this decision and sadly were forced to load the truck. 

It is amazing how  fast the land regenerates even after just a small amount of rain. I can look over the rolling horizon and see a green hue covering the landscape. The dams over flow and become rivers that flow from property to property. The sunken and starving cattle bounce back to life.

Fingers crossed the rain keeps falling around the country-Dust and All