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We can't get the message through :-( .

The weather comes from the west here, and the ancient rainforests that helped create rain but are now being felled at an alarming rate are in and behind the mountains in the distance - to the west.

Science has proved that the old mature rainforests are 20% negative overall in their retention of water (they expel 20% more than they use). The young forest plantations that are replacing them however are 80% positive in their water retention. That's what's having the greatest impact on the rainfall down-wind.

This valley used to get 24" of rain per annum before they started clearfelling the forests in the 1960's, by the 90's it was down to 18", and for the past 7 years it has averaged 12". That's officially a desert.