Farmbuy.com Regions Explained
If you are looking for a farm for sale on farmbuy.com it's important to understand how the regions are categorised.
Each listing on farmbuy.com is mapped to an Australian weather region/district. All the regions used on farmbuy.com are aligned to those used by the Bureau of Meteorology for weather observations. This enables our audience to understand the type of weather that can be expected in the area where they are looking to purchase a property or find farms for sale in Australia.
The annual rainfall maps that also appear on the Bureau of Meteorology website also provide an invaluable insight when looking for farms for sale. These maps show the average annual, seasonal and monthly rainfall over the period 1961 to 1990. Average annual rainfall is calculated by adding rainfall totals over a specified period (1961 to 1990) and dividing by the number of years in that period (30 years in this case). Similarly, average seasonal/monthly rainfall is calculated by adding seasonal/monthly rainfall totals and dividing by the number of years in the specified period.
The annual rainfall map shows that extensive areas in central Australia are generally very dry. Rainfall in these areas is highly variable and falls on very few days Rainfall generally increases towards the coast as proximity to both moisture sources and reliable rain-producing weather systems improves. Elevation also has an important influence on rainfall, with the mountain areas of northeastern Queensland, southeastern Australia and western Tasmania receiving higher rainfall totals. Below is each state and its regions.
New South Wales
- Central Tablelands
- Central West Slopes & Plains
- Hunter
- Illawarra
- Lower Western
- Mid North Coast
- North West Slopes & Plains
- Northern Rivers
- Northern Tablelands
- Riverina
- Snowy Mountains
- South Coast
- South West Slopes
- Southern Tablelands
- Sydney Metropolitan
- Upper Western
Victoria
- Central
- East Gippsland
- Mallee
- North Central
- North East
- Northern Country
- South West
- West and South Gippsland
- Wimmera
Queensland
- Capricornia
- Central Coast and Whitsundays
- Central Highlands and Coalfields
- Central West
- Channel Country
- Darling Downs and Granite Belt
- Gulf Country
- Herbert and Lower Burdekin
- Maranoa and Warrego
- North Tropical Coast and Tablelands
- North West
- Northern Goldfields and Upper Flinders
- Peninsula
- Southeast Coast
- Wide Bay and Burnett
South Australia
- Adelaide Metropolitan
- Eastern Eyre Peninsula
- Flinders
- Kangaroo Island
- Lower Eyre Peninsula
- Lower South East
- Mid North
- Mount Lofty Ranges
- Murraylands
- North East Pastoral
- North West Pastoral
- Riverland
- Upper South East
- West Coast
- Yorke Peninsula
Western Australia
- Central West
- Central Wheat Belt
- Eucla
- Gascoyne
- Goldfields
- Great Southern
- Kimberley
- Lower West
- North Interior
- Pilbara
- South Coastal
- South East Coastal
- South Interior
- South West
Tasmania
- Central North
- Central Plateau
- East Coast
- Furneaux Islands
- King Island
- Midlands
- North East
- North West Coast
- South East
- Upper Derwent Valley
- Western