Australia: More hay cutting expected from Nullarbor

There is a chance another Nullarbor cattle station will cut hay and cart it to Esperance in coming months, after six consecutive years in drought. Kanandah station owners Mark and Karen Forrester have recorded four times more than last year's average rain, with 485 millimetres falling in just four months. "The rain has been a wonderful change and has certainly brought a spring back into everyone's step," Mr Forrester said. "It has been fantastic, particularly for those who have not seen conditions other than what has been experienced over the past six years." The drought first broke at Kanandah in January, when more than 100mm drenched the homestead and northern end of the Trans-Australian railway line in just 36 hours. The Forresters' Balgair station, further east between Kanandah and Eucla, was also soaked by the centre of the low-pressure system. Within two weeks, the area around Kanandah homestead, which was at its worst, sprung to life with green grass shoots and herbages. ...