Just got back from 12 days away driving inland to Melbourne, big nylex had overflowed so no idea how much rain.

Yes Scott it was very green (except around Lightning Ridge) all the way down to southern NSW. then very dry

They have a weed down in southern NSW called “hairy panic”. It produced fine tree shaped seed heads about 30 cm long that get blown along the ground. Came around a corner and hit the anchors big time cos I thought there was a land slip in a causeway, but no it was a drift of hairy panic about a metre deep, Just had to drive slowly through it and check the radiator when done. Its absolutely everywhere throughout Southern NSW and Victoria.

Just looked it up, I was told it was a weed but it’s a native.