While the wet season has brought rain to northern Queensland, across the border the Northern Territory's cattle country is hurting.
The wet season so far in northern Australia. Rain in Queensland, but dry in the Northern Territory and northern WA.Climatologist with the Bureau of Meteorology, Greg Browning, said March"was not looking especially promising for significant rainfall".
"The best chance of significant rainfall across the Barkly would be if the monsoon gets active again and the best window of opportunity for this will be from mid-March to early April," Mr Browning said.
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