Central Queensland fruit farmers have full dams for first time in four years

While heavy rain has been devastating for residents in parts of South East Queensland, producers on the now-lush central Queensland coast are singing in the rain, with almost a metre of rain falling in parts of the Livingstone Shire in less than a week. 

After years of widespread, crippling drought across Queensland’s Capricornia region, the constant soaking rainfall around Byfield has replenished dams and bores with a promise of more rain this week.

For fruit producers, the wet offers a…