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“Pelican Business” on Coongie Lakes

  Presumably science still hasn’t come up with the answer as to how these pelicans know when the Coongie Lakes fill with water. Since it happens only once every decade or longer it’s hard to know how ‘they’ know. Even birds in Russia get on the wing and head down for a paddle and a…

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More Coongie Lakes

It’s almost impossible to convey just how much water is in the Coongie Lakes at the moment. It just goes on an on, almost as far as they eye can see in every direction. Hundreds of islands amid a thousand lakes. Hard to imagine this is a formidable desert most of the time and at…

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Largest ever Banded Stilts colony on Lake Torrens

As reported on the TV screens late last week, it is now official that in South Australia’s Lake Torrens, there has been a colony of an estimated 150,000 native Banded Stilts that have bred more than 200,000 chicks!!!! This is something else! The long beaked wading birds have trekked from their coastal habitat of South…

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Goyders Lagoon like never before!

Goyders Lagoon again & the Sentimental Bloke wasn’t exaggerating when he spoke about the millions of streams going into Goyders Lagoon. The vision from the plane is unreal with endless miles of flooded plains. Aircraft is your best mode of transport here at the moment; not much chance of getting down this track, or indeed…

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July Special: 3 Day Half Priced Great White Shark Cage diving

This is a real bargain! For $1500 per person, you can get on board for a 4 night/3 day, ultimate great white shark cage diving experience to the Neptune Islands off Port Lincoln in South Australia. These dives also include the world first bottom cage dives to view the sharks on the ocean floor plus…

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Goyders Lagoon turns lush green

Goyder Lagoon, part of the Strzelecki Desert in the far north eastern part of South Australia – a million streams, large and small that have turned a once dry desert into hundreds of square kilometres of rich green landscape. This really is quite remarkable & in this image by The Sentimental Bloke, you can actually…

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