La Niña rain hasn’t arrived in drought-hit western Queensland — and February isn’t looking much better

Two-thirds of the way through what they were told was going to be a wet summer, graziers in drought-declared western Queensland are nervous.

The big wet that was meant to come with the declared La Niña still has not arrived.

While some were lucky to get rain that transformed dry, barren paddocks into lush, green landscapes, it has been from isolated storms and patchy rainfall with many missing out.

As we enter February and March — traditionally the wettest…