Wendy Sheehan had not seen decent rain on her south-west Queensland property for nine months, but that changed on Thursday afternoon as pouring rain created raging rivers for her dogs to play in.

While the rainfall recorded during the 24 hours to 9am on Friday would not break the drought, the weather bureau acknowledged it was "a step in the right direction" for parts of the state.

Mrs Sheehan, who lives on a property in at Trinidad station, about 200 kilometres north-west of Quilpie, said Thursday's storm dumped 30 millimetres in the area.

"It was a really good fall for us, we've had a few patchy storms over the past week ... but didn’t go too far," she said.