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Farmers Grace and David Quast, who married at the peak of Australia’s drought, share their story one year on
In the middle of a prolonged disaster that had been suffocating Australia for years, Grace and David decided to get married.
Key points:
- Grace and David Quast tied the knot in 2019, at the peak of Australia’s crippling drought
- 2020 marks the first time they’ve had any substantial crops since buying the farm
- But while they say they’ve been lucky, some parts of New South Wales still remains bone-dry
Drought was tightening its grip on Crooble, a small New South Wales rural town known for growing barley, chickpeas and wheat.
It was September 2019, and Grace and David’s cropping farm, Domang, had never looked worse.
About noon, family and friends started to arrive dressed in black tie, ready to party.
“My mum asked everyone what their non-negotiable…
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