Prue and Jamie Rogers moved from Brisbane to a rural property on Queensland's Darling Downs a year ago to fulfil their dream of a peaceful life away from it all.

"We wanted to be out here to be off the grid, not worry about bills, to live our life the best we could without forking out money all the time," Ms Rogers said.

Despite their best efforts, nature had other plans.

Giant hailstones from two destructive storm supercells in the south-east in early November smashed all 21 of their solar panels, which they were entirely reliant upon for power.

"Everything in the house is connected through solar — we have no power through main sources," Ms Rogers said.

" It was literally the worst experience of my life. I've never seen hail so bad. "

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