rain in birdsville

Yep...sure did. There's quite a bit of chat on here already regarding this matter.

Up until 9:00 am today Birdsville has had 260 mm. At race time - the first Friday and Saturday in September the weather can be cool, clear and dry or it can be filthy hot and howling dry northerly wind (with dust). Mostly quite nice days but coolish at night and early morning.

Hi Michael
Not just Birdsville. My son was meant to fly back to work up in Injune today, only to get an email to say the Roma Airstrip is under water. Injune has had nearly 6" of rain in the last 24 hours as well. My only advise to any person that has not made their mind up about an Outback trip for this season, is to start planning. When things dry our the country in the far north of South Australia and Outback Queensland will be unreal and will be many years again until it looks so good.

Cheers

Stephen

Listening to various reports on the ABC - Birdsville has rec'd its most rain in 100 years... Birdsvile/Innaminka/Coopers/Thargominda and all that area is cut off and won't be accessible for at least 2 weeks... The Diamentina has so much water, it is now flowing WEST into the Simpson Desert...
The Ooodnadata Track is out - The Flinders Ranges are out... Paranchila...
So much rain in S and SW QLD and N and NE SA that they are predicting huge inflow to Lake Eyre and the Paroo-Darling...
On the positive side - GREAT news for livestock-producers - AND for those who love to see the wildflowers blooming - not to mention the GREENERY...
Had a conversation with the navigator (Ha..!!) tonight - wondering if our trip North (Mid-April) is still viable - depends if "this" southerly monsoonal incursion is the last for this season: or not... And end-March/Early April could still produce overland Cyclonic activity...
The Navigator's Plan 'B' - divert to WA. They've had their hottest, driest summer in years... Yeah - but...
Jedo

keep sendin the rain down. I have been waiting nearyl 10 years to have water in menindee lake. I keep telling my son who is 7 that maybee one day if he's lucky we will be able to go out the front of our shack on menindee lake and play in the water like i did when i was a kid. I thought it would have been this year but S.A. said 'we are more important'. Wonder if the residents of sunset strip will get compensation for no water in front of their house like those on the lower lakes wanted????