The sun finally broke out this afternoon. After forecasts of a drier than average Winter, the weather closed in and Australia experienced substantial rainfalls across the country. Although an impending ‘El Nino’ was called by the major met authorities, the actual results delivered over the past 2 months have been significantly over the previous ‘La Nina’ precipitation figures of recent years.

Rainfall St.Fillan Farm

May 2023 – 152 mm
May 2022 – 47 mm
May 2023 – YTD 435 mm
May 2022 – YTD 273 mm

June 2023 – 243 mm
June 2022 – 220 mm
June 2023 – YTD 678 mm
June 2022 – YTD 493 mm

Its very soft under foot, the ducks, geese and waterbirds are loving it…our quality Angus cattle are fine with it…the rest of us won’t complain