After drought, water shortage, bushfires and now flooding, it's finally greened up around Stanthorpe, but the recovery will be long and expensive.
The Bartlett family held onto their sheep for as long as they could but the drought was unrelenting, and in December last year they completely de-stocked. Then it rained.Rain has brought relief to the Stanthorpe, but drought continues and water continues to be trucked in.Warwick's Lesley Dam has begun releasing water to irrigators after significant inflows.
"One and a half million dollars to get back in, just to get back to where we were. So it's going to be difficult," Mr Bartlett said. "With sheep prices and cattle prices and everything going through the roof a little bit the moment, we're keen to sort of sit back a little bit and see where it all ends up."
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