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Its amazing how a decent rainfall event can do to the country side. In this case, the rain event has lasted pretty much all year and really has transformed the whole outback. With the weekend just gone, widespread rain across much of Australia and South Australia’s Lake Eyre region means that we will all be…
Read MoreThe whole of the far north of South Australia is in it’s full glory. With consistent winter rains and thunderstorms ( and another deluge this weekend), Lake Eyre and its surrounds really is a true iconic spectacle. Still filling, thousands have emerged on the ground and many more in the sky to check the whole…
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There is nothing better than cruising around the middle of Australia checking out the incredible scenes below of wild life, bird life and the massive amount of water that has ebbed, meandered and flowed through many different pathways and terrains to get to Lake Eyre. And it doesn’t get any better than doing so in…
Read MoreLake Eyre actually consists of two lakes, Lake Eyre North (8 430 km²) and Lake Eyre South (1 260 km²), connected by Goyder Channel which has a length of 15 km. The Lake Eyre basin is massive! It covers more than 1 million km², or 1/6th of the continent, mainly in Queensland, South Australia and…
Read MorePresumably 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…
Read MoreIt’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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