Farmers, graziers and pastoralists across the South-West land division celebrated the end of WA's longest dry spell yesterday as thunderstorm rains filled dams and quenched dry paddocks.On Sunday night and yesterday morning rain pelted on some of the driest parts of the State that until then had experienced their lowest summer rainfall on record.
Widespread thunderstorms through the central and western parts of the Wheatbelt broke the big dry that had many farmers and rural communities carting water to dams for livestock.
The welcome rains filled critically low dams and watered crop paddocks with enough downpour to prompt clover and weed germination, allowing farmers to begin their weed eradication program earlier than expected before seeding next month.
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