Lake Eyre

Submitted: Friday, Jun 10, 2011 at 00:02
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Parks SA say Lake Eyre North has 80%. No mention of South. We're still in Andamooka, and some people travelling through say Lake Eyre North is dry, Lake Eyre South has lots. Others say the other way round. No one seems to agree.

Looking forward to getting up there myself to see it. Maybe the kids and I can think of some new twist to put on, because talking to people here (we are 3 hours from there at the moment) the only rule seems to be that everyone must tell a different version.
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Reply By: Pushy - Friday, Jun 10, 2011 at 08:42

Friday, Jun 10, 2011 at 08:42
Try the Lake Eyre Yacht Club website.

Lots of info and a fairly recent sat picture.
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Reply By: Member - TJ (VIC) - Friday, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:47

Friday, Jun 10, 2011 at 09:47
G'day,

the 80% refers to surface coverage rather than how full the Lake is. Last season I met a number of people along the Oodnadatta Track who made the trip from Maree and didn't see water, many others did. The track out from William Creek seemed to have the better viewing last season. Because the water is shallow near the shore the wind moves it around so it can be there today and gone tomorrow. Lake Eyre South has a bit in it so for guaranteed viewing of water in Lake Eyre you could bet safely on Lake Eyre South. And it's right beside the Oodnadatta Track and just up the track from the lovely Coward Springs.

As mentioned check out the Lake Eyre Yacht Club website.

TJ..
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Reply By: Member - Phil G (SA) - Friday, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:44

Friday, Jun 10, 2011 at 10:44
For lake eyre North, You won't see water from Halligans Bay or level Post bay at present - Lake has to be pretty full for this to happen. Need to do a plane flight.

Lake Eyre South is a separate lake - it fills from local rainfall unlike Lake Eyre North whill fills from all the rivers. There was a lot of local rainfall until recently, so a month or two ago, it was pretty full. And the viewing point from the Oodnadatta Track is nicely elevated, so I expect to see water there in a few weeks when we drive past.

Most of the lakes through outback SA have water at present - it was nice to see water in Lake Wyola in the GVD 2 weeks ago.
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Follow Up By: pmk03 - Friday, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:34

Friday, Jun 10, 2011 at 12:34
Hi Phil,

Has Halligan Bay dried up? There was plenty of water to be seen when I was there in llate April. Glad I caught it when I did. We spent a night out there, it was magic. We were hoping to go back in late July.

PMK

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Reply By: ao767brad - Saturday, Jun 11, 2011 at 21:53

Saturday, Jun 11, 2011 at 21:53
Lake Eyre South is quite full at the moment we stayed at Coward Springs tuesday last week and we all walked down to the lake from the viewing area south of Coward Springs. The kids went in and played in the water (&mud) and the water was within 15 meters of the shore line. Suprising how warm the water was considering the nights were down to single figure temperatures.
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Reply By: Livin On The Road - Monday, Jun 13, 2011 at 07:40

Monday, Jun 13, 2011 at 07:40
Thanks for all the replies. This has actually clarified things for me. I was reading 80% surface coverage as 80% of capacity, so it would make a lot more sense then that there are such different reports coming in.
We didn't end up getting there on the weekend, but we did see a cattle muster competition at Marree, and the Finniss Springs ruins. A rather busy track, and it was in great condition.
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