After a hot, dry summer outback Queensland is rejoicing thanks to a soaking. More than 100-millimetres has been recorded in the south-west, an area that missed the rain from the recent cyclone. While it is welcome relief for graziers, some in north Queensland have been told to prepare for possible flooding.
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00:00A much-needed drenching in western Queensland.
00:06You can imagine a season's worth of rain out of this event potentially for some parts particularly
00:09further south.
00:10After days of rain, some outback towns are already isolated.
00:16Tracks have turned to mud.
00:18A South Australian tourist is stranded in the Simpson Desert.
00:22He started trying to drive and then he's realised it was too boggy to continue and too boggy
00:28to turn back.
00:29We're going to have to hold tight and they can contact the police via their radios.
00:36In the south-west, the Rutledge family is welcoming the downpour in Quilpey.
00:41It's nice to see some summer rain, get some grass growing, so before that it was very
00:46dry.
00:47I don't want to have any of the massive rain that's been around.
00:50We're quite happy to be at the lower end of the scale.
00:53The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting potentially heavy falls for the next two days in outback
00:57Queensland.
00:59The number of flood warnings across the west.
01:01The same system is impacting north Queensland, with residents preparing for yet another soaking.
01:08With all the rain that we've had, the catchments are absolutely saturated.
01:12So any further rainfall we have, there's a very high risk of flash flooding.
01:17Townsville has recorded two metres of rain since the start of the year.
01:20We have already broken several records and we're likely to break more, including the
01:24annual record for Townsville in particular.