LAKE EYRE - is it filling?

Lake Eyre is fed by the Diamantina River/Warburton and Cooper Creeks.

It takes 3 to 4 months for the waters to reach Lake Eyre if heavy falls are experienced in the headwaters which lie in the Central Queensland area of Winton, Longreach, Barcaldine, Muttaburra and Aramac.

Cheers

Kiwi,
Yes, The Thomson around Longreach is is flood. This is one of the three rivers that flow into Cooper Ck & eventually into Lake Eyre.
I did a plane trp from Longreach following Cooper Ck etc in the 90's. It was an impressive flight, we spent the night in Birdsville.
Check on the conditions before going, when we did it we were too early and most of the flood water had not reached the Lake yet.

Marty.

Kiwi,

The flood in the Thomson is only expected to arrive in Longreach tomorrow - Friday. The flood in the Barcoo is around Blackall, or slightly downstream of there, and they could join up together once they hit Cooper Creek. There'd be plenty of water then, from Windorah, down towards Nappa Merrie. But unless the Georgina and Diamantina both flood too, in the near future, then you might as well pi$$ in a bucket, and throw that into Lake Eyre.

The Diamantina has flooded about 4 times over the past month, but none of the floods have been big.

Check the BOM site for flood levels, then plan your trip. As Willem said, it takes months for the waters to get into the lake, and even more time to make anything like an inland sea.

Hooroo,
Bob.

Kiwi, check this site out, it will give you the latest info.
Follow the links with 'warning' on them.

Have your atlas handy too and think about how dry the land has been over the last few years .
The land is pretty flat and so there wont be a great rush of water, plus I reckon the ground will be like blotting paper.

Qld rivers

Dave