• LinYLake EyreTraveler
    The contrast between water and desert.
    The contrast between water and desert.Eastern edge of Lake Eyre - with water.Eastern edge of Lake Eyre - with water.Desert before rain or flood.Cooper Creek as it begins to flow - and flood!Flooding around the Cooper Creek.The causeway at Coopers Creek. The Birdsville track is 2/3 up the photo.

    Flight over Lake Eyre

    July 12 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 8 °C

    Set off at 7am and, after the safety talk from our pilot Alex, given outside the plane (a Cessna Caravan) we climbed into our seats. We were allocated the 1st set of seats with good views - yay. John’s seat belt was different to the rest so was a little tricky.

    It wasn’t long before we were over the lake, and it stretched for miles and miles. It took about half an hour to fly over it from west to east. All this water came from the Warburton Creek. Then we followed the dry Cooper Creek bed for 9 miles before seeing the start of that flood. The Birdsville Track at various locations was blocked off by water.

    The water had spread all through the areas nearby in the Sturt Stony Desert on the way to Innamincka. We could see that the flood had abated as there was greenery well beyond the flood. John could not comprehend how the pilots could explain a flood to passengers when it was all dry.    Read more