Small businesses suffer the flow-on effects of SA's record dry conditions

Small businesses in South Australia say they are struggling after some of the driest years on record in many regions. Most years, the average annual rainfall in the lush wine region of Clare, around 145 kilometres north of Adelaide, is 527 millimetres. But according to the Bureau of Meteorology, in 2024 the Clare Valley recorded just 287mm – 53 per cent of its average.

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