Even a hailstorm would be welcome right about now by Tambo's Louise Martin and plenty of other graziers in western Queensland.
Speaking to the Queensland Country Life about what rain she and husband Andrew had received at Macfarlane this year, it was a struggle to find the rainfall chart lying unused under paperwork.
Once located, it showed that the property to the west of Tambo has had a mere 209mm for the year to date, putting it among the worst years on record for the area.
"Our last decent rain was 22mm on March 23 - an automatic gauge a neighbour has on a boundary has only registered an inch-and-a-half this year," Ms Martin said.
Some 18mm over two days in July did nothing but damage what feed there was left.
Like many other parts of the state, the Martin's property has been drought declared since 2013 but Ms Martin said they weren't considering what drought assistance measures might be available anymore.
"Good prices are helping us keep our head above the water, otherwise we'd probably be looking for some support," she said.
They've gone back to a much-too-familiar routine to manage - feeding, agisting, selling.
"We've sold our weaner wethers unshorn for the last three years," Ms Martin said. "All we do is manage drought, not improve our flock or our herd."
They shore in early October and have since sold two age groups of older ewes immediately off-shears.
What cattle Ms Martin has are being fed hay and she's giving it to the end of the month for rain to eventuate before she starts looking for agistment for them.
Meanwhile, weaners have been taken off her cows and will be sold at Blackall this week, and a load of cottonseed was ordered and paid for on Tuesday to feed the breeding ewes.
"I hope it goes rotten in the shed," Ms Martin said.
She described the whole process as "just dispiriting", especially as better than average spring rain had been forecast for the area.
"I guess there's a month of spring left - we're hanging on that," she said.
She was quick to post up photos of a 21mm storm received at the homestead this week, partly out of sheer relief at seeing rain and partly to raise awareness.
"It's not about sympathy - we just need people to understand that there's still people on Struggle Street out there," she said. "All they're seeing is pretty sunsets and green coastal views."
Ms Martin said the concentration of the effort in containing COVID had naturally been a priority in many places.
"No-one's ignoring us intentionally, and I'm thankful I'm living out where COVID hasn't been a worry."
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