It’s ironically misnamed, but the Northen Territory has just experienced its driest ‘wet season’ since 1992-3. Earlier this month, the Bureau of Meteorology reported that Australia’s total rainfall during the 2018-19 financial year was 351.4mm, 24 per cent below average, and the driest financial year in nearly half a century.September 2018 was the driest September on record for Australia and the second driest for Victoria. But every day brings rainfall that much closer, as they say.
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Liam Emerton
Liam Emerton is a cadet journalist and has been working at The Courier since April. Liam loves any and all sports but his passion lies in soccer. Liam has settled into the Narrabri way of life and plays in a few local sporting sides.