Seven-day rainfall totals for parts of south-east Queensland "starting to resemble cricket scores", BOM says Primary producers warn there will be price rises as the extent of crop losses becomes clear In drought-declared central Queensland, weekend storms deliver the first decent rain since February The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) joked on Twitter that the seven-day rainfall totals for parts of the state’s south-east were "starting to resemble cricket scores".
External Link: Tweet: BOM Seven day rainfall totals for parts of #SEQld starting to resemble cricket scores BOM senior forecaster Gabriel Branescu said while the rain was widespread, Noosa Heads was the champion — recording 498 millimetres in the past week.
A few places on the Gold Coast also recorded over 100 millimetres of rain in the past 24 hours alone.
Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association spokesman Allan Mahoney said many farmers had recorded devastating losses, with rain and hail destroying a wide variety of crops.
Mr Hinrichsen said he had wet onions in the ground he had not been able to harvest because of the continuous rain.
"We couldn’t get a continuous inch of rain on these onions since we planted them, and the week we started harvesting, it started raining and it hasn’t stopped.
"It’s been playing a bit of havoc with onions in south-east Queensland, that’s for sure."
But Mr Hinrichsen said he would not complain about the rain when so many farmers around the state needed it so badly.
"There’s enough people out there that are desperate for the rain, so I’m not going to wish it to stop raining or I’ll get into trouble," Mr Hinrichsen said.
"That on its own won’t make much of a difference, but if we can get more in a few days’ time and that’s what the forecasts are, we’ll have something in it," Mr Baker said.