Lake Eyre Scenic Flights

The one at William Creek strip are no doubt the closest, not sure of pricing though.
Have not done this, but it would be pretty awesome from the air.

I have flown a bit up around the north Flinders, back from Cameron Corner, and Lake Callabonna is beaut from the air, no doubt at probably 20x the size Lake Eyre would be nothing short of spectacular.

We used Wright Air from William Ck although they also fly out of Marree. Prices were not outrageous and are on their website. Jon W

Bowdo,
Another plug for Wright Air flew out of Maree with Lake Eyre in full flood and out of William Creek when it was dry. Both trips were 100% value. Can't remember the cost but if it wasn't expensive for what I got.
Wright Air now have the William Creek Hotel, Caravan park etc. Depending on which backpacker is the Chef the pub tucker can be okay.

Mike.

Couple years ago, we did a coach trip ex Adelaide to Maree, then a flight over Eyre and over to Kalamurina (sp?) - used a mob called Outback Spirit - they aren't cheap, but the experience, and the expertise of the driver and off-sider, made the trip a great one.

Would I go again? No, but then I've been there once, and the flight was wonderful, esp the low level Cooper Creek bit!
Am I glad we spent that much? You bet!

While on the topic, if you ever get the opportunity to take a flight over Uluru & Kata Tjuta, add Lake Amadeus to the itinerary.

In my book it's much more impressive than Lake Eyre. Consists of scores of salt lakes almost as far as the eye can see.

We have done the flight a couple of times with a lunch stop over at the Birdsville pub. The food was OK.

We caught our flights via Hawker Air Strip. $750pp in September 2012 prior to school holidays.
The following year we organised a flight a few months prior to going, they want $1400pp and told them it was too expensive. Each week leading up to our trip they would ring us with a reduced price which was still over the top. On the day we left to go to the Flinders we received a final call with a price of $800pp, we accepted.

These guys have a office in Hawker, the flights are great and the pilots are awesome.

Seems like there are plenty of stations offering these flights now.

Bowdo,

Haven't done a scenic flight over the Lake so can't help you there.

Can second other comments about an early flight though, to get the best/clearer views. Photo below was taken about 4pm, on a flight from William Creek back to Longreach. I took 1 photo on the flight down, about 9.30, and the haze had already made photography a waste of time. The smudges, and the tint in the windows don't help either.



Bob

In April 2011 we took a helicopter flight over the lake. I was very full then and I bet that availability, itinerary and cost may well have changed. We flew out of Marree with Phillip Island Helicopters. It wasn't cheap and there were three of us and had a ripper of a ride. We were able to go way down below the flight levels of the fixed wing aircraft and fly a lot slower with a fully panoramic window arrangement. Like I said they weren't cheap.

2009 from a powered glider from William Creek.

Cheers,
Peter.
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