Floods

Thanks Ruth for keeping us informed about the floods that you have up there. Crabs for tea and freshly baked bread has me drooling - I can almost smell it.

I was reading 'R.M. Williams Outback' magazine (Dec/Jan Edition) and there it in the article on the Birdsville track this:

"And how often the rivers will flood sufficiently to fill the channels between the sand ridges also depends on where the station is on the river. Up the northern end of the track, the Diamantina will bring down a full-scale flood every three to five years, and the Cooper every seven. But south near Kalamurina and Cowarie, the Diamantina floodwaters only arrive once every seven to ten years. And the Cooper only floods across the Birdsville Track near Etadunna, necessitating the use of the government punt, as rarely as every 20 years, before flowing into Lake Eyre."

I am curious if Ruth or anyone else knows how far the flood is likely to travel. Is it one of those seven to ten year floods for the Diamantina and what is happening to the Cooper.

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Hi Andrew & Jen - just finished eating the blue swimmer crabs. Not hungry now and the hot bread gives you indigestion. What will we be like when the new Bakery starts up in Birdsville this year. Just checked in because I'm waiting for an email of the aerial flood photos - not yet.
I thought somewhere on a recent post I talked about what will probably happen to the Diamantina water. The Outback article is fairly accurate but in 2000 the Cooper water did make it to within 2 klms of the Birdsville Track - all that water and it didn't get to Lake Eyre. The Diamantina water did get into Lake Eyre - you could actually see the different coloured waters going in through the Warburton Groove. I would dearly love to do the boat trip down there - there is a video of this available from one that was done about 20 or so years ago. Very difficult finding your way through the myriads of channels. Another trip I would dearly love to do is into the bottom end of the Simpson - just north of the Lake. This time the Diamantina water will go into the Lake again - the water is pouring (as of yesterday) across Goyders Lagoon (like a very fast tide) but it is very doubtful if the Cooper will reach the Birdsville Track.
Spoke with the girl from Lake Nash yesterday and you will be pleased to know that they eat the brolga and emu legs - chuck them straight on the fire and chew on them like rib bones. More meaty than you would imagine. Channel 9 was flying in today to do some stories and the Adelaide Advertiser as well.

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