
Thick mud covered Steve Pilla's boots as the farmer sloshed through waterlogged sugarcane paddocks despite rainfall finally easing.
The early signs are not good. At least 40cm of water still remains in his cane fields at Giru, near Townsville.

Thick mud covered Steve Pilla's boots as the farmer sloshed through waterlogged sugarcane paddocks despite rainfall finally easing.
The early signs are not good. At least 40cm of water still remains in his cane fields at Giru, near Townsville.