RAIN

“…years without rain…”

From T. Wren, (U.K.): A friend of mine who recently back-packed around Australia was telling me you can go for years without rain. Coming from a place where it rains all the time, that seems unreal. Is it true?

REPLY: Well, recently it rained in Central Australia for about five minutes. They say that out on one of the cattle stations north-east of Alice Springs a 10-year-old lad fell into a state of unconsciousness at his first sight of it. They had to bring him around by throwing a bucket of red dust over him, I heard.

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