The heavy rain has by no means broken the drought, but it could be the start of wetter times for the area.

Kye Strachan, 4, who lives 70 kilometres south west of Cunnamulla has had the time of his life on Sunday on his late Christmas present.

Kye, who only sees rain when he travels east to St George to visit family, saw 14 millimetres fall over 24 hour, just enough to make it a mud mess his mother Sarah said.