Sunday, Feb 01, 2004 at 15:41
Ok Dave and Toonfish. Yes the
water from the Diamantina will probably get into Lake Eyre but too soon to tell as we are unable to predict how much
water we have - depends on flow and how long it stays up. Diamantina
water has a long way to travel - and down through Goyders
Lagoon (lovely blacksoil flats with cracks the size of a Nissan) and further down and into the
Warburton Groove in the top of Lake Eyre. Just remember what I said in a post a week or so back, that the reason Lake Eyre filled in 2000 was because of huge rains on the western side of the Lake - the Neale and
Macumba Rivers started to fill the Lake before the Diamantina got near it - remember also that the
water in the Cooper NEVER reached the Lake at all,(got to 2 klms from
Birdsville Track) and further remember that there has been no local rain in
Birdsville, the Simpson or the western side of the SD.(so far). Having said that, anywhere the
water touches will be green and beautiful and the flowers should be exquisite, not to mention all the waterbirds and ground birds which will return. We normally have about 100 species of birds in and around
Birdsville and I will be pleased to see them come back.
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