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Outback in bloom as floodwaters travel hundreds of kilometres into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre

It's a special time in the outback and deserts of central Australia. 

For many tourists, it is not the dust bowl they had in mind. 

Cairns local Zippy Warnecke is currently travelling through the region.

"When you think of the desert, you don't expect any life to be there, but it's full of it at the moment; flowers, animals — the whole lot," she said.

Across large parts of outback Queensland and the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Basin, unseasonal Autumn rain has left carpets of wildflowers and greenery. 

"It's not at all what I imagined — it's so much better," Ms Warnecke said.

Months in the making

Floodwaters from rain months ago have moved through free-flowing rivers in the Channel Country into the illustrious Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in northern South Australia.

"This is just an amazing time when these floods start going down these big Channel Country rivers," said University of New South Wales professor of environmental science Richard Kingsford.

"Lake Eyre gets water every couple of years, but a really big filling doesn't happen that often.

"In terms of surface area, probably 70 or 80 per cent of Lake Eyre has water in it ... that's a pretty rare event."

Hundreds of kilometres from any coastline, the Lake Eyre Yacht Club has seen members and tourists take to the waters of the Warburton River, which feeds into Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre.

"That is an adventure in its own right. It's a 440km return trip from where we launch," Commodore Bob Backway said. 

"When you get to the lake you can sail about 6km before you run aground."

Pilots are reporting an increase in inquiries and bookings to see Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre and surrounding river systems while conditions are "spectacular". 

"We're starting to see lots of people plan their trips out now and the planes are going to Lake Eyre every day," said Birdsville Aviation senior pilot Talia Ellis.

"Lake Eyre is over 170km north to south. People are absolutely gobsmacked at the sheer size of it.

"We give people perspective from down low so you can see the bird life — there are pelicans nesting on islands.

"We also give people the perspective from higher up as well, so they've got the perspective to pin it against the rest of the landscape."

Water 'a tonic' for desert stations

At Nappa Merrie station on the SA border, Cooper Creek flooding has been vital.

The station relies on the flooding to grow feed for 11,000 cattle and to fill the 30,000-gallon (136,382-Litre) tank that provides running water to the family household.

"Just the last Christmas we were battling along with a few waterholes going dry and then we got a run in the river," said station manager Peter Degoumois.

"It means a lot, really.

"It'll hold us over summer pretty well and you can carry a lot of cattle."

Professor Kingsford, who has been researching the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Basin for decades, said there was a shift in community morale when the rivers were watered.

"It really is a fantastic tonic for those times of drought, which are really tough and getting tougher with climate change," he said.

Researchers galore

Associate professor Tim Cohen from the University of Wollongong is a desert beach hunter on a mission to track the major lake-filling events of the past millennium.

The "double-dip" La Nina pattern has primed the landscape to trace weather extremes back to 10,000 years ago.

"I think one of the most exciting things we have discovered on this last field trip was … evidence of events as large, or larger than, 1974 in the recent past," Mr Cohen said.

"We know there are cycles that drive drought and floods and by understanding how these manifest across the continent, we can see how anthropogenic global warming is influencing that."

To the north of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, the Kalamurina Sanctuary — a reserve at the intersection of three of Australia's deserts — has been the location of a recent bird survey. 

"The biggest benefit to the birds we found this survey is the rain we had earlier in the year," said wildlife ecologist Keith Bellchambers. 

"[We found] a lot of the smaller boom-and-bust species … we've had big flocks of diamond doves, zebra finches, budgerigars [and] cockatiels.

"Things like that have just increased enormously in number in the last six months just because of the food resources they've been able to find following that rain.

"It's visually spectacular, but it's also a spectacular soundscape."

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Lake Eyre Yacht Club planning first regatta in four years as rain falls

A yacht club in the desert in one of the most remote locations on earth is planning its first regatta in four years – but only if there’s enough water.

The Lake Eyre Yacht Club in South Australia sits on the shores of the continent’s largest lake and the thirteenth biggest inland body of water in the world.

It is also dry most of the time and only completely fills about four times each century – the last time being 1974.

But seasonal rains are beginning to arrive in Lake Eyre after flowing to the salt lake through a network of rivers that drain into a basin covering a sixth of Australia – about the size of Spain.

Lake Eyre Yacht Club Commodore Bob Backway said boats had not been on the main lake since 2011 but the recent rains had members excited.

“This rain has primed all the Queensland rivers, which is great. If we have what is considered another rain event in the first half of February then it would be fantastic,” Backway said.

“We’ll probably get boats out on the water in March because this time of year it’s just too hot.

“But we’re hoping that this follow-up rain will bring a proper flood down from Queensland.”

“We’re very excited about it. Everybody’s waking up in the membership and thinking about what to do this year but we’re all praying for follow up rain … if we get the rain it will be our best season since 2011.”

The club, located about 700km north of the South Australian capital city Adelaide, has 220 members from all over Australia and even some from the United States, United Kingdom and Germany.

It stores 10 boats in sheds at the club but the majority of members bring their yachts on trailers by road.

The closest community to Lake Eyre, William Creek , is 60km away and has a permanent population of six.

Backway said the club was planning a regatta in April on a lake in the area but probably not Lake Eyre itself. He said smaller lakes had more suitable camping grounds and were safer.

The last regatta hosted by the club was in 2012, on Lake Killamperpunna about 120km east of Lake Eyre. It attracted 42 boats and was held over six days across two divisions and included multiple classes.

“We typically have about 35 yachts and 120 people. We don’t like it to get much larger than that because it becomes unmanageable in such a remote area,” he said.

Backway said some members also cruised their yachts through the Simpson Desert on the Warburton River and Kallakoopah Creek – part of the network that feeds Lake Eyre – when there was enough water.

“I’m hoping to have the opportunity to get at least one river adventure in this year. The best river adventure we’ve had so far has been 750km over 23 days.

“On the rivers the scenery changes daily, there’s different types of desert you travel through, there’s different levels of vegetation – as you get closer to the lake it’s more salt affected.”

“Some places you’re sailing through Coolabah swamps, which is quite exciting, so it’s a real adventure.”

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Lake Eyre flooding inspires first yacht club regatta in three years

EAGER AUSSIE Yachtsman will haul their boats across the outback for the  Lake Eyre Yacht Club Regatta, known as the Outback Spirit.

This will be the first time the regatta has been held since 2016. The event will take place from 16-19 April.

Lake Eyre is flooding due to recent heavy rainfall, transforming South Australia’s outback into a desert oasis creating temporary, yet perfect conditions for the yachties.

The regatta will include various yacht races and expeditions that will primarily be held on the Cowarie Lakes, a smaller waterway of Lake Eyre.

Lake Eyre Yacht Club Commodore Bob Backway said water levels are set to be the highest since the early 1990s.

“There are maximum peak volumes in the rivers and there’s another flood that’s going to come down now,” he said.

“Originally we were going to have a race down the Warburton River but because of the size of the flood it became impossible.

“Now we’re going to the Cowarie Lakes, which is 2m deep, and we’ll have a camp there, we’ll have races each day and some days we’ll have exploration trips.

“This lake has some interesting parts in it so we’re going to explore.”

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Lake Eyre: yachts set sail as flood waters end two-month journey

Yacht club members can finally take to the ephemeral lake in South Australian outback after tracking water from western Queensland

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After weeks of tracking the slow progress of flood waters through outback Queensland , members of the improbable Lake Eyre Yacht Club have been able to return to the water.

Water reached Lake Eyre, or Kati Thanda, in South Australia on 15 May, two months after falling in the upper Diamantina catchment in western Queensland, some 1,000km away.

Two days after the water arrived, pilot Mariano Salvati from outback charter company Wrightsair spotted three yachts sailing the ephemeral lake.

Members of the yacht club have been excitedly tracking the water level of the Warburton River , which discharges into the eastern side of Lake Eyre, since April. The river became navigable in early May, reaching a height of 4.5 metres.

Satellite images showed water flowing from the Warburton into the lake last week.

Sentinel-2 and Landsat 8 imagery (captured last Friday) showing water flowing into the northern parts of Lake Eyre, via the Warburton River. pic.twitter.com/dIk8Nb2yRY — Andrew Miskelly (@andrewmiskelly) May 22, 2018

The waters had been snaking down the Diamantina River, one of the main arteries of the Lake Eyre system, causing flooding in Birdsville in far-western Queensland in April and cutting off the remote town, which is 1,953km west of Brisbane and about 380km north-east of Lake Eyre.

They brought relief to the channel country around the border of Queensland, South Australian and Northern Territory, which had below-average rainfall in 2017.

Images from the Nasa Earth Observatory show the area becoming green as the flood waters move through.

A spectacular flush of green followed flooding in #LakeEyre Basin. One of the most beautiful @NASALandsat scenes I have seen in years. Follow the link and download the full image to see all the details. Imagery by @jscarto . https://t.co/6KpANoG1MC pic.twitter.com/bULpHrL5sz — Adam Voiland (@avoiland) May 4, 2018

The Lake Eyre basin is the lowest natural point in Australia, falling about 15 metres below sea level. The average annual rainfall is less than 125mm, meaning the lake and surrounding creeks and streams are usually dry.

When full, it is the largest lake in Australia and as salty as seawater.

The flood waters that have reached the lake at present are not enough to fill it completely.

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Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre Water Level: Current Status

Information on Lake Eyre - March 15th 2024

Rainfall in January and February 2024 associated with tropical lows and Tropical Cyclone Kirrily has brought some rainfall to south-western Queensland, including the Lake Eyre basin. A major flood has passed Birdsville on the Diamantina River, peaking at 7m in February. Water has now passed Goyders Lagoon and through the Warburton to arrive at Lake Eyre North, where it is now slowly beginning to flow into the lake and flood Belt Bay, the lowest point of the lake.

Lake Eyre - Water flowing | Warburton River - Minor flood| Goyder Lagoon - In flood | Birdsville - Water flowing | Diamantina Lakes - Water flowing

Water reaches Lake Eyre Mid-March 2024

Water has started flowing into Lake Eyre North, arriving in mid-March and beginning to flow into the Warburton Groove, a channel that runs from north to south down the lake towards the low point at Belt Bay.

This video was shared by our friends at Wrightsair in William Creek and shows the first trickles beginning to reach the dry lake bed.

Goyders Lagoon Flooding Late February 2024

Satellite images from NASA show floodwaters passing through Goyders Lagoon at the end of the Diamantina River. Here the river spreads out to kilometres across, inundating the landscape and making for some amazing viewing from the air.

Most importantly - the water reforms at the south-western end of Goyders Lagoon into the Warburton River. From here it travels another 200 kilometres to reach Lake Eyre North and begin flooding the lake itself. This process will take several more weeks and it is expected to arrive there in April.

Satellite Timelapse- Diamantina Lakes Early February 2024

Located just north-east of Birdsville, the Diamantina Lakes are part of the Diamantina River system which flows from south-western Queensland south into South Australia towards Lake Eyre. Satellite images over the 20th January through 13th February 2024 shows this flood changing the landscape.

These satellite images show the scale of the flooding as well, and flooding in the north of the Lake Eyre basin is a fantastic sign that water will flow to the south of the basin and eventually to Lake Eyre later in the season. How much water makes it through to Lake Eyre itself will depend on the conditions over the coming months.

Floodwaters passing Birdsville Mid February 2024

The team at the Birdsville Hotel captured some fantastic footage of the flood waters flowing down the Diamantina through Birdsville. Birdsville is south-west of the Diamantina Lakes area and downstream.

Birdsville is one of our favourite spots to visit with more than 20 visits each and every year on our tours. It's a fantastic spot to see where the water that flows into Lake Eyre is coming from.

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Kirrily Early February 2024

In early February Tropical Cyclone Kirrily formed in the Gulf of Carpentaria and eventually tracked south into western Queensland. This system has brought significant rain including some to the Lake Eyre basin, which is now causing flooding in the Diamantina and Birdsville areas.

How does Lake Eyre flood?

Exactly how Lake Eyre floods is a little bit complex. Nick Stobie, our Chief Pilot, has flown over Lake Eyre more than 40 times and has put together a detailed explanation on how Lake Eyre floods .

We get asked the question 'Is Lake Eyre going to flood?' often - understanding how it floods is important to understanding how we answer this question. Importantly, we're talking about an extensive landscape with many influences on how water travels through it - evaporation and local rainfall can dramatically change how flood waters progress through the basin.

Once the lake is in flood, we then begin talking about two metrics - depth (in Belt Bay, the lowest point of Lake Eyre North) and coverage (how much of the lake is covered).

How to see Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre

Australian Air Safaris are the Lake Eyre experts having operated over 200 air safaris to the region. We visit Lake Eyre more than 20 times every single year with small group air tours. The following tours feature Lake Eyre:

Taste of the Outback 3 days

Lake eyre safari, taste of the outback 4 days, vistas of south australia, outback horizons.

Pilot Callum talks about Lake Eyre

Callum is one of our amazing Touring Pilots and has extensive experience flying over Lake Eyre. It's one of his favourite spots and one that he loves sharing with guests on our tours.

Views from the 2023 season

2023 was a really dynamic year on Lake Eyre - some minor floods throughout the year that made it all the way south. We were really lucky to host so many trips out to the lake, it's really a priviledge to share this unique landscape with guests.

Dry or wet, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is a sight to behold. Tours to outback Australia are what we do, and with more than 40 years experience - there's no-one better to take you to see iconic Lake Eyre.

Every seat is a window seat, and our pilots are experienced travellers who are passionate about sharing uniquely Australian experiences with each and every one of our guests.

Check us out on Tripadvisor to hear a bit more about what our guests say about their visits to Lake Eyre.

Water is flowing into Lake Eyre from its north-eastern  entry point of The Warburton River which runs along the eastern side of the Simpson Desert.  It has been fed by the rains earlier this year in the Lake Eyre catchment area of Eyre Creek, the Diamantina and Georgina Rivers and from Goyder Lagoon. The photo above is of  the Warburton River flowing into Lake Eyre. A marvellous sight. There is quite a bit of water to enter the lake. How long it will last is anyone's guess, best to see it while you can.

We operated our first tour to Lake Eyre last weekend and the Lake is starting to fill up.

The water has reached Belt Bay (the deepest point of the Lake) and is now spilling over and spreading out.

There is still a vast amount of water still making its way down the river system towards the Lake as well. It is predicted the water will last till the end of August and beyond.

The water has now reached Lake Eyre.  Please see this report from the ABC.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-18/lake-eyre-begins-filling-with-queensland-floodwaters/10909716

The water travelling down to Lake Eyre has now reached Goyder Lagoon and passed Clifton Hills and is at Kalamurina.

It's flowing very quickly and is expected to reach Lake Eyre in 2 weeks time. Now is the time to book your tour to secure your seat.

A vast amount of water is heading down the Diamantina River at a rapid rate and is likely to reach Birdsville in the next few days. Birdsville is likely to be land locked and not accessible by vehicle for some time (however we can still fly in).

At this stage, it is expected the water will reach Lake Eyre in early April. Birdsville is looking forward to the wildflowers following the dry flood (A dry flood is as a result of river swelling as opposed to direct rain).

Enjoy the below live video, filmed live on 15th and 18th of February, of water flowing into the Channel Country near Birdsville

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Seeing Lake Eyre - the where, what, when and how

29 October 2023

The often dry Lake Eyre is an outback enigma, famous for its rare and beautiful floodscapes. A scenic flight over Australia’s largest salt lake is near the top of the outback bucket list so here is everything you need to know: where and when to go, how to get there and just what you’ll see on a scenic flight – wet or dry.

The classic lake eyre scenic flight.

A scenic flight in a small plane is the easiest and best way to truly understand the vast expanse of Lake Eyre (known as Kati Thanda to traditional owners, the Arabana people). There are plenty of companies willing to fly you from further afield, but some of the best ‘local’ scenic flight operators include:

• Wrightsair – from William Creek

• Chinta Air – from Ceduna and Rawnsley Park (Flinders Ranges)

• Bush Pilots Australia from Marree and Hawker (Flinders Ranges)

• Air Wilpena (Flinders Ranges)

For more of a splash-out, you can always include it on your 10-day, around-Australia air safari itinerary. See: Is this Australia’s Greatest Air Adventure?

What are the chances of seeing the lake in flood?

There is a common myth that Lake Eyre is entirely dry except for when the big floods happen, like those of 2010/11. While Eyre has only reached capacity three times in the past century, there is often some water somewhere with the 9,690-square-kilometre basin.

In 2010 and 2011 the lake’s depth maxed out at 2.2 metres, enough water to fill up its central areas such as Belt Bay. The last time it was considered ‘full’ was way back in 1974 – at a depth of around 6 metres.

“Around one in ten years you can expect the big days,” says Trevor Wright, whose company Wrightsair has been taking passengers up over the lake since the early ’90s from the nearby town of William Creek. “You might get a run for a couple of years [of a lot of water] and then go a decade without much. Then it becomes a great, white expanse of reflecting salt as opposed to the magical colours.”

All the colours of Lake Eyre (photo: Elise Hassey).

Felicity Brown, chief pilot for Chinta Air, which operates scenic flights from Ceduna and the Flinders Ranges in South Australia, reckons the lake has some water in it about half the time she flies over.

For the lake to truly fill up local rain is important (within 150 to 200 kilometres), but for a big year you also need a torrent from further afield; ideally monsoon rains and perhaps a follow-up cyclone in northern Australia that will get the rivers flowing into Lake Eyre North.

Is it worth flying over when it’s dry?

Yes, yes and yes. It’s an entirely different experience from the intense rainbow of the flooded lake.

“When there’s no water, especially early in the morning or late in the evening, the lake is sort of like Uluru in that it dramatically changes colour,” says Trevor Wright. “At certain times of day, with the very soft light, the white underneath turns a bluish colour, like the sea. Then the peninsulas come out, like continents, so it feels like you’re flying across the world.”

Green channels, Macumba River, Lake Eyre.

“It’s pretty spectacular at any time,” agrees Felicity Brown. “The sheer expanse of the lake is the thing that strikes everyone who flies over it – water or not.

“If it’s dry, you get this glimmering white salt pan stretching out off into the distance or if it’s rained, the water stretches off to the horizon, looking like the inland sea that I’m sure some of the early explorers thought it was.”

Highlights – what’s to see?

When the rains and monsoon waters align, the outback in and around Lake Eyre comes to life, attracting fish and birdlife en masse. If you’re lucky, you’ll also catch an eyeful of the famous pink hue off the lake, caused by a micro algae known as dunaliella salina, common in salt water and other pink lakes of Australia.

“The best part of a flight over Lake Eyre is flying over the creeks and the waterways leading into the lake – that’s where you’ll see the most birdlife,” says Felicity Brown. “Things like pelicans (in a big year) and all sorts, like banded stilts and wrens, plus plenty of the usual outback birds, like crows and galahs.”

One of the most popular routes for scenic flights is to head up the Warburton Groove and Warburton River and come back down the Birdsville Track (you may need to take an extended flight to reach this area, depending on where you take off from). There’s plenty to see on Eyre’s periphery too.

Looking up Warburton Groove (Kati Thanda) Lake Eyre North.

“My highlights are the huge erosion on the dunes at the north end of the lake in the Tirari Desert,” says Trevor Wright. “The diversity of coloured sandstone is amazing.”

Can I drive to Lake Eyre?

Yes. Lake Eyre’s two hubs are the tiny towns of Marree (95 kilometres south) and William Creek (60 kilometres south-east), where you can arrange scenic flights.

At William Creek (at the centre of Australia’s largest cattle station, Anna Creek) there is a hotel, garage, restaurant (when it’s busy) and a caravan park with en-suite rooms and camping. It is on the Oodnadatta Track and offers easy access to the lowest point in the lake (and in Australia), which is 15 metres below sea level. William Creek can be accessed via Coober Pedy (170 kilometres) by the unsealed William Creek Road (okay for 2WD when it’s dry).

Marree is more accessible from the Flinders Ranges side, and is the starting point of the Birdsville Track (685 kilometres north of Adelaide). There is accommodation, fuel and, of course, a pub here. It’s possible to drive to Marree from the Flinders only passing a couple of short stretches of gravel.

Silcrete Island, Belt Bay, near the lowest point in Australia (on Lake Eyre). photo: Wrightsair.

Note: Obviously a 4WD is preferable for both these journeys, especially if you want to drive to the lake’s edge (no driving on the lake). The public access routes (pastoral tracks) are suitable for 4WDs only. Plan well ahead if you’re planning a summer trip out this way (fuel, water, food, extra spares etc) because the temperature can head into the 50s (yes, 50s) between November to March.

Strange, strange lake indeed

In the big deserted patch of outback Australia, strange, strange things can happen.

“From time to time you see unidentified flying objects around the lake because you’re in a really remote area,” says Trevor Wright. “It gets really dark at night and tends to accentuate anything that’s moving through the area.

“About five or six times a year, in the right weather conditions, you can also get a salt fog over the lake. So up to about 100 metres it’s like being in a thick impenetrable fog, but it’s actually salt. It’s spooky.”

When there’s water in the lake, flying over it can bring its own challenges too.

“You have to be really on your guard when it’s overcast and it’s a blanketed dark sky,” says Wright. “You can lose your horizon, and the water will blend into the horizon – it’s just one big expanse. You can also lose your depth perception. But you just use your instruments so it’s still safe.”

There’s even a Lake Eyre Yacht Club

Bob Backway founded the Lake Eyre Yacht Club (LEYC) in 2000. There are 230 members, from all over Australia, and even one from Texas.

The Marree-based club holds a regatta that can include 100 people, like back in 2010 when “for the first time in 20 years Cooper Creek made it to Lake Eyre,” according to Commodore Bob, who says he sails on Eyre in some capacity about every two years.

People first started sailing there in earnest during the big floods of 1974. And when this part of the outback is in flood, the sailors go crazy.

Desert River from Peter Elfes’ The Green Desert.

“In a good year there are hundreds of other lakes, and a couple of thousand kilometres of temporary rivers, some as big as the Murray, in the desert and it’s sort of a competition to find a new lake and sail in it,” says Bob. “You can go out over the horizon so when you run aground you stand up and can’t see anything but water and you have to use your compass to get back.”

The facts: Eyre by numbers

• Is 144 kilometres long and 77 kilometres wide (Lake Eyre North). Lake Eyre South is 64 kilometres long east-west and 24 kilometres wide

• Is Australia’s lowest point (15 metres below sea level) and its drainage basin covers 15 per cent of the continent. The two lakes are joined by the 15 kilometre-long Goyder Channel

• Is Australia’s largest salt lake and the 13th largest lake in the world

• Is located in northern South Australia but its catchment area extends to New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory.

• Eyre hosted the 1964 world land-speed record by Sir Donald Campbell, in the Bluebird (710 kilometres per hour).

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Water is flowing through the Diamantina, Cooper, Warburton rivers into the lake basin Does this mean that there will be water in the lake areas throughout 2016? When do you expect the lakes to reach maximum levels from the current water flows? I’m planning a trip but could be later in the year Thanks Tony

What’s the best time go to Lake eyre, if i want to see it look like a mirror?!

There’s no ‘best time’ of year as such because the weather in that part of the outback is very difficult to predict. There’s a usually some water in the lake but it rarely fills. Keep on eye on the rainfall (not just out at the lake but in the surrounding catchment) to see if it’s worth going at any given time. bom.gov.au (Bureau of Meteorology) and the Lake Eyre Yacht Club sites are good places to start. Best of luck in your Eyre quest and let us know how it goes.

I’m in Adelaide where my work contract is shortly over and have to drive home to the Gold Coast. Looking forward to the visit of Lake Eyre on my long journey home, I’m sure a real once in a lifetime event. Regards Alan Venus.

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Lake Eyre in northern South Australia is Australia’s biggest lake and the thirteenth largest in the world when full. It is also the lowest geographical point of the island nation at 15m below sea level.

The usually dry lake system in the state of South Australia – believed by early European settlers to be home to an enormous inland sea – is about 500km from the coast and only fills about four times a century.

The last time it was full was 1974 but water from tropical cyclone Trevor and wet season rains in outback Queensland are flowing to the lake through a network of rivers that drain into a basin covering a sixth of Australia – about the size of Spain.

Officially known as Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, the lake is about a third full with water levels expected to reach a peak – the highest level in more than 25 years – next month.

This has sparked a rare greening of the desert and attracted thousands of birds to an area that is usually among the driest, most inhospitable places on earth.

It is also attracting adventurous sailors from the Lake Eyre Yacht Club, who will compete in a unique outback regatta this week .

Dozens of adventurers have head to central Australia for the Outback Spirit Lake Eyre Yacht Club Regatta this week.

The Australian government’s Bureau of Meteorology National Flood Services Manager Alex Cornish said the 9500-square-kilometre lake would reach 50 per cent of its capacity in May – its highest water level since the early 1990s.

He said natural factors such as evaporation and the 1000km journey of the floodwaters through Channel Country to Lake Eyre made the event a rare natural phenomenon.

“It moves between 10 and 15km a day, which is quite slow,” said Cornish.

“What can happen is that there will be rain but not enough of it, so it evaporates or it just soaks into the ground and it never makes it so it’s quite a rare thing to see the floodwater fill the lake.

“The floodplain that has already received water is vibrant green and bursting with life, and it’s set against the brown, which is the earth.

“The area just comes alive.”

Time lapse satellite imagery shows the movement of water down from Queensland towards Lake Eyre and the greening of the Channel Country. Images courtesy of NASA.

Lake Eyre has been identified by BirdLife International as an “Important Bird Area” because it acts as a major breeding ground for many bird populations when flooded, including Australian pelicans, gulls, sandpipers and terns.

Small fish and crustaceans are usually found in Lake Eyre too and provide an important food source for the migratory birds.

Early European explorers to Australia were confident they would find a vast inland sea in the middle of the dry continent.

In 1840, Edward John Eyre was the first European to lay eyes on the huge lake, which now bears his name. But as for the inland sea, Lake Eyre was bone dry.

Intrepid tourists from around the world are still attracted to the inland sea, particularly when the basin is in flood.

Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre National Park is in flood. Picture: South Australian Tourism Commission/Adam Bruzzone.

The tiny Oodnadatta Track township of William Creek – which basically consists of an outback pub and an airstrip – is the closest settlement to Lake Eyre and is about 700km north of Adelaide, the capital city of South Australia.

Publican, pilot and Wrightsair owner Trevor Wright has operated charter flights in the region since 1992 and said the speed and volume of this year’s floodwaters had been greater than expected.

He said water had started to move into Lake Eyre in mid-March ahead of the May peak after first filling the Goyder Lagoon closer to the Queensland border.

Daytime temperatures at Lake Eyre from December to March can reach 45C but drop to about 20C between May and August, which is also the peak time for tourists.

Wright said William Creek’s population – about 60km west of Lake Eyre – could swell to 200 during peak times.

Kalimurina is an Australian Wildlife Conservancy sanctuary at the intersection of three of Australia’s central deserts: the Munga-Thirri-Simpson Desert, the Tirari Desert and Sturt’s Stony Desert.

It stretches 140km from Lake Eyre to the southern boundary of the Simpson Desert, totalling almost 700,000 hectares.

Australian Wildlife Conservancy CEO Tim Allard said he expected the number of national and international tourists flocking to the region to reach 2000 in the coming months.

“That may not seem like a lot to most people, but in such a remote part of Australia where you might go 12 months with seeing only a handful of people to get a couple of thousand is a lot,” he said.

“When you see the water eventually making its way to Kathi-Thanda Lake Eyre, across the cracking clay soils, filling all those little cracks and rivulets across the expanse of Lake Eyre, it’s nothing short of a miracle.

Flood waters flowing towards Lake Eyre in March 2019. Picture: Trevor Wright

“You’re wondering how things can live out there and there’s water flowing through the creeks and birds flying around, and it’s just a stunning transformation.

“Lake Eyre is one of those once in a lifetime events where people should get out there and have a look.”

The outback town of Marree is the last major stop for visitors travelling towards the Birdsville Track, east of Lake Eyre, from Adelaide.

Marree Hotel manager Joe Calvert said the natural palette of the region during flood was also a drawcard.

“You don’t get these colours anywhere else – reds and browns,” he said.

“The change in country from when you drive north from south, through the Barossa, you go through the Flinders Ranges to get up here. It’s a pretty stark contrast.

“This year the number of travellers will spike around June, July, for sure.

“That big flood was pretty devastating for Queensland but it helped us because it filled the lake so it will give us a good tourist season.”

Coward Springs Campgrounds is situated southwest of Lake Eyre and is surrounded on all sides by 10km of Kadarbu Conservation Park.

Campgrounds owner Prue Coulls said the region surrounding Lake Eyre was one of Australia’s best natural landscapes, and that the filling of the lake was an important tourism attraction.

“We want everyone to appreciate what it is and immerse themselves,” she said.

“We’ve had a lot of inquiries into bookings, specifically after the filling of Lake Eyre.”

“The outback can either look amazing with flowering native plants and greenery or absolutely devastated because there is no rain.

“But because there will be water going into the lake that means people will be brought to the region to see its beauty.”

According to the latest Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure report , the rugged Oodnadatta and Birdsville tracks are open to Lake Eyre. However, the floodwaters have caused the temporary closure of the Birdsville Track between Mungeranie and Birdsville, which is a 275km section of road to the east of Lake Eyre up to the South Australia/Queensland border. The closure will impact tourists attempting to reach Lake Eyre from Queensland but visitors driving to the lake region from Adelaide should not be affected at this stage.

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If you plan to visit the Lake please ensure your vehicle is adequately prepared and that you have enough food and water for your intended length of stay PLUS emergency provisions. Visiting the Lake during the summer months is not recommended. Temperatures in the high forties can kill even when water is available. A cross on the Halligan Bay track near Armistice Bore marks the place of death of Gabriele Grossmueller who died walking out after her four wheel drive became bogged in December 1998. For your own benefit read the inquest .

The only reliable safety net is the one you build yourself. Before you leave ring a reliable friend/relative. Arrange a time to ring back when you are back in civilization. Advise them how many days late you may be before they should contact the authorities.

Road conditions deteriorate rapidly with heavy rain. It's best to wait a few days for it to dry out. Always take care - a washaway, bull dust patch or another vehicle WILL be around one of the next corners. The local tourist industry makes it's living out of repairing vehicles driven too fast over rough roads by city drivers trying to fit too much holiday into too short a holiday. Slow down and enjoy.

Lake Eyre has only two public access points:

Lake Eyre South can be viewed from a car park alongside the Oodnadatta Track approx midway between Marree & William Creek. Stuart Creek Station no longer allows access to the shore of Lake Eyre South. (Refer to the section "Our Right to Boat" for further information)

Public Access Tracks (PARs) such as those above normally allow no fee camping for up to 14 days within 50m of the track but not near Station infrastucture such as bores, dams & buildings. Know your rights, read the Act: Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Regulations For those travelling to Level Post Bay Muloorina has a camping area ($10/vehicle/night) adjacent to a bore filled waterhole. Toilets are provided.

Warburton River Access:

Cooper Creek Access:

Etadunna Station have bush camping with Cooper Creek frontage. Call in to Etadunna Station on the Birdsville Track for permits. More Cooper information below.

GETTING THERE:

There are many alternatives to the routes below. If you have more time in either direction try a different path. Check road information on the Lake Monitoring (Status) page for closures.

>Which is the best way from Melbourne? Calder Hwy - Ravenswood - Marong - Ouyen - Pinaroo - Loxton - Waikerie(cross river here) - Morgan - Burra - Orroroo - Hawker - Leigh Creek - Marree >Which is the best way from Sydney? Dubbo - Barrier Hwy - Broken Hill - Peterborough - Orroroo - Hawker - Leigh Creek - Marree >Which is the best way from SE Queensland? Either Dalby or Goondiwindi - St George - Cunnamulla - Thargominda - Jackson - Innamincka - Lyndhurst (30km south to Leigh Creek shops) - Marree >Which is the best way from Perth? Nullabor - Port Augusta - Hawker - Leigh Creek - Marree FOOD and FUEL:

Marree has a general store (next door to the Yacht Club) that sells fuel, take away food, groceries, meat, milk, bread and vegetables etc. The store is open from 7.00am to 6.00pm daily. Leigh Creek has a supermarket with a greater range of food. It closes at 12.00 on Saturday and is not open Sunday. Fuel is more expensive as you go north in SA with the exception of the Lyndhurst Hotel which is usually up to 25 cents cheaper/litre (diesel only) than anywhere else north of Port Augusta.

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Australia’s Lake Eyre drainage basin sprawls across about 1.2 million square kilometers, stretching from Northern Territory to South Australia. Rain, when it falls, drains inward through the Simpson Desert basin into Lake Eyre, which has no outlet. According to the Australian government, Lake Eyre is the fifth largest terminal lake in the world.

But Lake Eyre does not always hold water. In fact, the lake is dry except in the wake of a rare, steady rainy season. In 2009, intense rains fell over northern Australia. A total of 17 million megaliters of water flowed through the Channel Country, soaking into the soil and sustaining grasses, reported ABC News. By March (see second large image), water had begun to reach Lake Eyre. By June 10, when the Landsat satellite captured this image, the flow of water had slowed: Lake Eyre was as full as it was going to get in 2009.

Shallow water covers most of the lake bed. The water is colorful, tinted green and blue by sediment and algae. The southwestern lobe of the lake is darkest in color. According to the Lake Eyre Yacht Club, it is also the deepest portion of the lake at 1.4 meters (4.6 feet). When it fills, Lake Eyre and the wetlands in the basin provide an important habitat for birds and fish. Birds flocked to the lake when it began to fill in 2009.

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By mid-June 2009, the rare filling of this lake in Australia’s Simpson Desert appeared to have reached its peak.

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• Arthur, C. (2009, June 10). Floodwaters could fill 30 Sydney Harbours. Australian Broadcasting Corporation News Website. Accessed June 12, 2009.
• Arthur,C. (2009, June 10). Outback seagulls a long way from home. Australian Broadcasting Corporation News Website. Accessed June 12, 2009.
• Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts. (2009, June 1). Lake Eyre Basin. Australian Government Website. Accessed June 12, 2009.
• Lake Eyre Yacht Club. (2009, June 10). Current Lake Status. Accessed June 12, 2009.

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Australia’s Lake Eyre drainage basin sprawls across about 1.2 million square kilometers, stretching from Northern Territory to South Australia. Rain, when it falls, drains inward through the Simpson Desert basin into Lake Eyre, which has no outlet. According to the Australian government, Lake Eyre is the fifth largest terminal lake in the world.

But Lake Eyre does not always hold water. In fact, the lake is dry except in the wake of a rare, steady rainy season. In 2009, intense rains fell over northern Australia. A total of 17 million megaliters of water flowed through the Channel Country, soaking into the soil and sustaining grasses, reported ABC News. By March (see second large image), water had begun to reach Lake Eyre. By June 10, when the Landsat satellite captured this image, the flow of water had slowed: Lake Eyre was as full as it was going to get in 2009.

Shallow water covers most of the lake bed. The water is colorful, tinted green and blue by sediment and algae. The southwestern lobe of the lake is darkest in color. According to the Lake Eyre Yacht Club, it is also the deepest portion of the lake at 1.4 meters (4.6 feet). When it fills, Lake Eyre and the wetlands in the basin provide an important habitat for birds and fish. Birds flocked to the lake when it began to fill in 2009.

• Arthur, C. (2009, June 10). Floodwaters could fill 30 Sydney Harbours. Australian Broadcasting Corporation News Website. Accessed June 12, 2009.
• Arthur,C. (2009, June 10). Outback seagulls a long way from home. Australian Broadcasting Corporation News Website. Accessed June 12, 2009.
• Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts. (2009, June 1). Lake Eyre Basin. Australian Government Website. Accessed June 12, 2009.
• Lake Eyre Yacht Club. (2009, June 10). Current Lake Status. Accessed June 12, 2009.

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Elektrostal, a city located in the Moscow Oblast region of Russia, earned the nickname “Motor City” due to its significant involvement in the automotive industry.

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Founded in 1916.

The city of Elektrostal was founded in 1916 as a result of the construction of the Elektrostal Metallurgical Plant.

Located approximately 50 kilometers east of Moscow.

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Live webcam shows the square in front of the cinema «Sovremennik» in real time. The camera is installed on the house number 18 on Mir Street in the city of Elektrostal, Moscow Region, Russia. The live camera is aimed at the monument to I.F. Tevosyan, which is located on the square of the Sovremennik cinema. The intersection of Tevosyan Street and Mir Street is in the field of view of the web camera. Therefore, this live camera can help assess the workload of this section of the road and the presence of congestion at the intersection. The main entrance of the school №13 and the pedestrian crossing in front of it also on the broadcating.

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