A Tale of Drought

posted December 2002

The grass is so dry, it crunches underfoot.

Dead dry grass

Everyone is hot and bothered.

Hot and bothered

Stockfeed is harder and harder to source - grab as much as you can.

Temporary drought relief

Water is at a premium.

Conserve water

The house tank has 50cm depth left.	All three stock tanks are empty. That's 77,285 litres GONE.

The dams are getting lower (arrows indicate dam's maximum capacity).

Going down

Smoke from bushfires at Mittagong, an hour's drive east-northeast. Five homes were destroyed.

Bushfire smoke

No end in sight.

Drizabone

It just gets worse and worse...

Cracking soil