The end of April, in Central Queensland, signifies the official end of our growing season.

The days quickly become shorter and mostly a little cooler. The humidity drops and summer grasses mature, pushing out a seed.

It’s the time of year when we take stock of how much grass we’ve grown during the wet season and then budget for the proceeding dry season. We hope, as mentioned in Our landscape in March post, that our ‘grow, grass, grow’ chant has been well heeded.

This April has been unseasonally warm and dry (no official report of rain) but grazing management has ensured pasture and livestock are both in great condition.

Optimists/futurists/forecasters have called the breakdown of the El Nino and predict a wetter end to the year.

We always look on the positive side and will continue to manage what we can manage.

While the temperatures are certainly not autumnal, the golden hours of sunrise and sunset are showering us with breathtaking light.

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There are 4 comments on this article:

  • On 7/05/2016 Erin said:

    Just love seeing these pictures 🙂

  • On 7/05/2016 mcarthurholdings@bigpond.com said:

    Glad you enjoy them xx

  • On 12/05/2016 Cal said:

    Wow that’s an awesome aerial shot of your homestead and beyond!

  • On 30/05/2016 Luke said:

    It looks like you have some great grass cover this year, and plenty of water – long may it continue so that you can continue to keep your property in such fantastic shape. Great photos!

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