'Best Christmas ever': Queenslanders rejoice as rain fills gauges that sat empty for months
Queenslanders are rejoicing after Christmas Day brought much-needed rainfall to the south-east and Wide Bay-Burnett region, but inhabitants of the state's hottest town once again sweltered through lunch at the pub.The weather bureau says rain is travelling up the north of the stateYesterday the highest rainfall total was recorded in the north Burnett region, which received almost 120 millimetres, while parts of the Scenic Rim recorded up to 60mm.
At a cattle farm at Theodore, west of Bundaberg, a family recorded 28mm and said it was"the best Christmas ever".
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