So flat - the wind has blown water over the sand plain

Rivers overflowing and filling the lake Eyre area

Island that becomes a breeding ground for Caspian terns from the arctic

Marree man - his legs! Low cloud meant we couldn't see him in full

Glenhuntly Island - breeding ground for multiple birds

Rain clouds gathering, and delivering, as we drove south

Lake Eyre/Kati Thanda flyover

June 8 in Australia ⋅ 🌬 17 °C

Watched the sunrise before our 7.30 - 10am flight over Lake Eyre.
North Lake is full, but the Goyder Channel has yet to overflow into the southern Lake.
The Warburton channel was easy to see, and the first part to fill, before overflowing and backfilling the rest of north Lake Eyre.
The gradient of the Lake is so flat, that some creeks drain out of the lake from Q/NSW floods, but at other times, flow into the Lake if there is high local rainfall!Read more