The rain forecast for Monday this week had a lot of farmers holding their breath, especially as during the weekend the Bureau of Meteorology firmed up the odds - predicting in some areas the likelihood of rainfall as much as 90 per cent.
For the northern inland of the state (and probably still in a few other regions), where, despite a few pockets that had got under some heavy rain events, a lot of farmers were staring down some pretty solid cracks in the ground.
With the 2017-19 dry stretch still fresh in their minds, the sight of the profile being that dry again already was beginning to trigger a few nervous twitches around the direction of the season.
Among those farmers The Land has spoken to in recent weeks were a number who were clearly sleeping better at night for the fact that they had cut or bought some hay and started filling sheds again - partly because they have been worried they might need it again sooner than they'd like.
So when Monday's forecast rain seemed to take all day to arrive, it was no surprise you could feel the anxiety levels rise into the mid afternoon when still not a lot was tallied in the rain gauges for most districts.
It did eventually arrive though and produced some worthwhile totals into the night.
A lot of areas though still remain in a dry pattern, which is creating some concern as to how things are shaping up as we head into 2021.
Fortunately, most regions had a good autumn and winter which also meant good feed coming into spring and early summer, and the break earlier in the year also coincided with the beginnings of the coronavirus lockdown, bringing a much-needed rural economic boost when the rest of the country was shutting down.
However, for a lot of regions it is still looking like the season could go either way into 2021.
That has got us wondering, when was the last time you had two great back-to-back years when the feed was over the fences and you didn't feel like you were looking around the corner at the next drought?
People we've been talking to have said it's been a while - some saying maybe as far back as the late 1980s - with a handful also remarking about formerly reliable springs and waterholes now been dry for extended periods.
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