Lake Eyres a Fillin Up

Go to William Creek then take the track from there to the lookout.
Ask at the Pub re camping.

G'day wicket,

Go to the camp site on the bank of the Frome River at Muloorina Station via Marree.
Fees are a donation to the Royal Flying Doctor Service and you have water in the river from the Homestead bore all the time, with bird life and station stock watering at it.

Then travel to the lake and you will be on the Eastern side of both Lake Eyre north and south, this way you MAY see water on both lakes as you drive with in metres of the lakes.

Cheers P&J (X employee of the station)

Wicket,
There will not be enough water at either Halligan's Bay or level Post Bay. You won't see anything from these places. The only way you'll see water on the lake is to take a plane flight from William Creek with Wrights Air.

cheers lads, will keep an eye on water levels

Everyone, take notice of what this man says - he is quite right - the only way to see it will be to fly over it. I flew over it in 2000 and it was absolutely magical. There will not be the large volume of water this time as there was then. I am aware of all the people who drove up last time with boats and after travelling all that way were so disappointed.
As the water goes in through the Warburton Groove and spreads out a bit there will be planes flying from William Creek, Marree, Birdsville and lots of other places. Another warning is that due to the flooding in/around Birdsville (and the fourth flood rise is on the way now) has caused a problem in that we have not had any fuel supplies since before Christmas so are extremely low on Jet-A and Av-GasCheck before you fly in here!!

Hi Ruth,
Hope there's some merlot getting through even if the fuel isn't!

I did a plane flight in 2000 too - Northern Lake Eyre was mostly covered. It was a great view from up there. On the same trip we were able to travel on Muloorina Station, under the guidance of Malcolm and see the water on both sides of the Babbage Peninsula which is rarely accessible to visitors. These are the deepest parts of the lake and were just like a visit to the beach. Brine shrimp were plentiful and the birds were enjoying the feed. It was a brilliant experience but only seen when the Lake is well covered.

I missed the huge floods of 1974 (was still at school!), but Lake Eyre South was still black mud when we visited in the Corolla in 1978. We then took the family to Level Post Bay in the 55series about 1988/89 when there was a lot of water. Waded out a fair way and squished in the black mud to find water!
2000 was great, but 2004 didn't have enough water.

Unfortunately we'll have to wait for a decent flood. To fill both north and south Lakes is a 50+ year event last seen in 1974. And to get coverage of Lake Eyre North is a 15 year event last seen in 2000. When it really happens next time, I'll hopefully be retired and out there!!!

Cheers
Phil

Gday Glenn,
10 weeks.......you might be lucky. We had a magic trip in 2001 when Eyre Creek was flooded. The bypass track was still open and the birdlife at Goonamillera waterhole was great. We arrived for lunch and stayed.

I think it takes a lot longer for Warburton crossing to open. The 8km of track from the Birdsville track goes under water too and it remains a bog for quite some time.

I should add that the word at our club meeting this week was to not expect the Simpson to be crossable until maybe June/July. Theres a lot of water coming down Eyre Creek. Desert parks Bulletin says the same.