Lucky farmers are jumping for joy after weekend rain but it's nowhere near enough to break the drought.
Patchy but welcome falls of more than 50 millimetres fell in parts of the Wide Bay-Burnett region over the weekend.
Bronwyn Burnham from the Boogal Cattle Co near Eidsvold in the North Burnett said 22mm fell on Sunday.
"We were stoked to get soaked — nothing better than getting wet while mustering," Ms Burnham said.
"It was one of the biggest falls since February, we've been tucked in a bit of a rain shadow lately, it's been very dry."
Meteorologist Sam Campbell said the best rain band impacted the areas west of Bundaberg and Maryborough.
"Some locations would've picked up 50-70mm over the weekend," he said.
Some towns in the Wide Bay also recorded the warmest overnight June temperatures in almost 60 years.
Drought nowhere near broken
Bundaberg, Fraser Coast, Gympie, Cherbourg, Gladstone and the North and South Burnett remain officially drought declared.
The Burnett Inland Economic Development Organisation CEO, Kristy Frahm, said farmers had been keeping an eye on the drought all year.
"We got a little bit of rain in January and February but not much follow up," she said.
"I think the rain on the weekend boosts spirits but we are very cautious about the conditions and we want to see widespread rain to set up the season."
The inland Burnett irrigators rely on the Bjelke-Petersen and Boondooma dams.
"They're at 18 and 35 per cent respectively, so we need some significant rain to ensure our water sources are there for farmers when they need it," Ms Frahm said.
Back at Eidsvold, Ms Burnham said the extra moisture in the ground would be beneficial.
"It'll be good especially if frost hits," she said.
$100,000 for 100 farming families
Rotary has dug deep for farming families around Bundaberg, raising $100,000 to provide livestock feed packs for 100 local farming families.
Noel Gaskell grazes cattle north of Bundaberg and was a beneficiary of the scheme.
"It came at a good time because there's no feed in the paddock whatsoever, we were so ecstatic," he said.
Rotary said the partnership with a Bundaberg rural supplier was far from finished and past Rotary district governor Rod Medew said they would continue as long as it was needed.
