PHOTO: Drought fueled dust storms across the Narromine area were recorded by Katrina Curtis.
While the past couple of wet years have seen drought become a memory – for the moment – the threat of an extended dry period is never far from the consciousness of those of us living in the Western Plains.
It truly was a drought like no other, at one stage 100 per cent of the state was drought declared. NSW recorded the warmest temperatures and lowest rainfall on record.
Recollections and photographs of Australians affected have been gathered in a new book called My Drought Story...