News Of Super El Nino Forming Comforts Farmer Who Didn't Have To Fuel To Put A Crop In Anyway

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Relief isn't a work that many primary producers would use to describe their experience this week but for one Diamantina dryland cropper, that's just how he's feeling.

There was a moment where Tim Coleman, of 'Nockaburrawarry' via Windorah, felt like there was enough of a vibe about to perhaps go a bit of barley this winter but with fuel being fucked and now this Super El Nino supposedly forming over the Pacific Ocean means that even if he did put a crop in, it'd be fucked anyway.

Speaking to The Advocate last night in his shed, Coleman explained the feeling.

"Oh yeah well I guess probably for the best we didn't get started with paddock prep," he said.

"But yeah look I've got a fucken 2000L tow-behind boomspray that I'll just put a bit of knockdown on but yeah might just rest it now. No good this El Nino, just what we need after, fuck, a few hard years not just weather wise but fuck me water, we've had some come down here,"

"You know not that good soft rain you see but that driving shit that runs over the top of your gutters, one where you can't hardly speak to one another under a tin roof, no good for the country, running it all down into the waterhole. No good."

Our reporter and Mr Coleman were in his shed for 6 hours last night and at no point did he look like he wanted to sit down. He kept walking and touching things.

"Nah, it's no good this El Nino. Fuck this fuel, too. You know more about this stuff, you reckon this'll blow over and we'll go back to 2016 or is fucked?" he added.

Our reporter shrugged.

"Yeah, it's like that ey."

More to come.