My brother has a farm at Childers [ where they had that horrific back packers fire]. He grows sugar cane, snow peas and Roma tomatoes. From May to Oct he had only half an inch of rain , The dams were so low that they were not even allowed to use their full quota of irrigation water. In mid Oct they had 4 inches in one night. Washed out all new plants. The joys of farming. By the way the cane is usually harvested from June to Dec and his small crops from Feb to Nov. It is late Spring over here now.. Cheers Delphine in not so sunny Brisbane, but not as wet as Sydney.