Reality of living on a flood plain

By Sue McGinn
Updated April 23 2018 - 7:18am, first published April 21 2018 - 12:00pm
Kempsey dairy farmer Sue McGinn talks about life living on a floodplain.
Kempsey dairy farmer Sue McGinn talks about life living on a floodplain.

After an extended dry spell the sound of raindrops on our roof was music to my ears. As each drop fell my heart danced with delight as I imagined the parched earth sucking in the moisture and breathing out newly emerging pasture growth in a few weeks’ time. Rain in autumn means we’ll be able to sow our winter pastures into moist soils. 

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