Lake Eyre - could this be one of those wet years

I heard on the news tonight that there are flood waters in Central Queensland due to the heavy rains and that Longreach is expecting floods to arrive. Could it be one of those years that only happen about once every ten years where waters make it to Lake Eyre.

I gather that 1000 kilometres from Lake Eyre, heavy rains cause the Thomson and Barcoo Rivers to swell. These rivers flow and join near Windorah to form the famous Cooper Creek. When the Cooper floods, water can be carried towards Lake Eyre and whole ecosystems come alive. I read in my Australian Geographic that "Aquatic plants, shield shrimps, and micro-organisms blossom in the nutrient rich water. Catfish, grunters, bony bream and other freshwater fish flushed downstream from permanent waterholes thrive on the plants and insects. Seagulls, pelicans, ducks and other waterbirds arrive in numbers that cloud the sky to feast and breed. Months, or sometimes years later, the sun sucks the life from the river and the desert reclaims it." Aust Geographic June 1992.

Sounds like this has a chance of being one of those years - one in ten I gather. Hope that I can get there before the excitement is over - September I am going unless my urges become irresistable.

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