NOVEMBER is not called heartbreak month in the bush for nothing – it’s a time when early summer storms begin building on the horizon and lightning starts crackling in the heat of the afternoon.

It’s also a time when we watch anxiously at the build-up, hoping the storm has got our name on it, and trying not to feel too disappointed when it takes off in a different direction.

It’s likely to be the scenario for many people around Queensland over the next month as they await the drought...