Hughenden family rides out drought while neighbours flooded

Sally Gall
Updated December 1 2019 - 8:51pm, first published 8:30pm
Alan and Stacy McConachy and two of their children, Brodie and MacKenzie, say they're used to playing the waiting game.
Alan and Stacy McConachy and two of their children, Brodie and MacKenzie, say they're used to playing the waiting game.

Imagine recording 87 millimetres from a whole rainfall event when properties almost over the boundary fence were receiving that amount every hour.

Sally Gall

Sally Gall

Senior journalist - Queensland Country Life/North Queensland Register

Based at Blackall, CW Qld, where I've raised a family, run Merino sheep and beef cattle, and helped develop a region - its history, tourism, education and communications. Get in touch at 0427 575 955 if you've got a story idea for me.

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