The Australian today about our area:
"Firefighters and farmers rejoiced on Friday as thunder rumbled and rain fell over vast stretches of Australia’s east coast for the second day in a row.
In Bundarra on the NSW northern tablelands, people celebrated near the banks of the Gwydir River and toddlers who had never seen rain splashed about in puddles that just a week earlier had been piles of dirt.
“It’s bloody brilliant,” said the local Uralla Shire Council’s general manager, David Aber. “It’s the first rain Bundarra has had since June, the mood is just buoyant.”
The tiny rural settlement was at imminent risk of running out of water, but the downpour on Friday brought 105mm of rain — the most the town has received since November 2011.
“It’s a respite,” Mr Aber said. “We are nowhere near out of the woods yet, we need at least three months of good, steady rain, but it’s put a smile on my face.”