Drought in the Bellinger Valley

The Bellinger Valley is experiencing the driest Spring in 43 years. abc

"Australia in the middle of its hottest-ever year...The next six months are going to be unusually hot, dry and risky." The Conversation 

Update:
North Coast enduring driest conditions in more than a century. Average rainfall was the lowest since 1901 in the region from Coffs Harbour in the south to Bundaberg in the north. abc 110814