Growing more than $150 million worth of vegetables a year - principally beetroot, lettuce, corn, peas, beans and carrots - the region has been given a more certain future following last week's falls, that totalled between 120mm to 200mm-plus in the space of a few hours.

And there's been more rain in the region this week.

Reportedly producing about one-third of Queensland's vegetable crop, lobby group Growcom's chief advocate, Mark Panitz, says the mood of the district can be summed up as "short-term frustration, countered by long-term happiness" as grower prospects improve.

"This is the first time they've had this sort of quantity of rain for a long time, and because it's the beginning of summer, there is the prospect of more rain to come, which will be an added bonus," he said.

"In the short-term, it's going to be frustrating for any grower that's got crop in the ground, since it will be too wet to harvest."

But Mr Panitz says the upsides centre on water storages being topped up and flows in the driest of creeks, plus local aquifers being recharged.

Growcom believes local producers will now have the luxury of both expanding crop acreages and of growing a more diverse cropping mix, rather than struggling to grow diminishing amounts of crop eked out by what little water they could access.

Member for Lockyer Ian Rickuss drew attention to damaged fences, and poorly maintained roadside dish and culvert drains that may have played a part in the collapse of a bridge approachway, resulting in the sad death of a resident.

"But on the upside, the mood is very positive - there are a lot of smiling farmers around," he said.

"While those people with late barley and late wheat are going to have some trouble getting it off, it will give some certainty to anyone growing summer crops, plus put some water into local storages."

SEQ Water spokesman Mike Foster says: "While it was great to see some of our storages getting good rainfall inflows for the first time in four years, we are coming off a very low base.

"Hopefully, the November rains are a sign that we have a decent wet season ahead."