Wet weather closes some roads, but is good news for farmers

Bathurst Airport recorded 37.8 millimetres in the 24 hours to 9am Tuesday morning and another 11mm by mid Tuesday afternoon.

This is on top 18.6mm in the 24 hours to 9am Monday.

READ ALSO: Bathurst drivers urged not to go through flood water as rain continues

The long-term average rainfall for March is 52.9mm, a figure that had already been exceeded by more than 5mm before this week's rain.

The weather event has seen Bathurst Regional Council managing several road closures.

On Tuesday, the side track located at Howards Bridge on the Bridle Track was closed due to high water levels in the Winburndale Rivulet.

Redhill Road was closed due to water over the low level causeway, and Turondale Road was also closed due to water over Coles Bridge.

Hereford Street's Gordon Edgell Bridge also remained closed on Tuesday, with further rises anticipated after the Macquarie River peaked at 4.02 metres on Monday.

READ MORE: Low-level bridge still shut, Macquarie River expected to hit new peak

While flooding is causing some disruption for motorists, it's not all bad news for the region.

Farmers are enjoying more consistent rainfall after the drought.

Glanmire farmer Michael Inwood, who runs superfine merinos and does some cropping, said the season was "ticking all the boxes".

"We've had a fairly phenomenal start to this season and mostly our worry has been whether we'll get early rain in autumn and this year that has not been a problem at all," he said.

"The autumn break came right on the start of autumn. We also had good rainfall through summer, which is unusual.

"In the lead up to this rain, it's about as good as anyone can remember. This rain now is really setting us up for a great autumn and that autumn growth is essential to set us up to have feed to go into winter.

"Anyone that's got early crops in will be very happy with this rainfall."

Mr Inwood said there might be some farmers who still have crops to get in "who will be wondering how soon they'll get on the ground", but he doesn't think there are any major issues around it being too wet.

His property has seen around two inches of rain, which hasn't been "destructive", as is the case in other parts of NSW.

"My daughter's boyfriend, his family are up near Gloucester and they had 10 inches in two days up there. That's the sort of rainfall that around here ... that's highly destructive when you get massive amounts like that," Mr Inwood said.

His hope now is for a good winter and start to spring.

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