Lake Eyre
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Record Falls to Flush Lake Eyre, Murray-Darling
Thursday, 11 March 2010
THE record-breaking rains across central Australia and southwestern Queensland this week will send huge volumes of water into Lake Eyre and down the Murray-Darling river system.
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Irrigators eye huge QLD flood
Thursday, 11 March 2010
SOUTH-EAST Australia's irrigators will have to wait until at least mid-May before knowing how much of Queensland's record flood reaches central NSW. Much of the 403,000 gigalitres of rain that fell on Queensland and the Northern Territory will flow towards central Australia's Lake Eyre.
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Man's second conquest of Lake Eyre: the wet version
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
Donald Campbell set a land speed record on Lake Eyre in South Australia in 1964, using the concrete-hard salt flats to reach a speed of 648.9 kmh in his jet-propelled BlueBird CN7. Forty-five years later, a totally different "first" was achieved on the site when an investment manager and part-time adventurer, Kieran Kelly, swam the Warburton Groove in the flood-swollen waters.
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"Lake Eyre fever" grips tourists
Thursday, 7 May 2009
"Lake Eyre fever" has struck thousands of Australians eager to see the giant saltpan in rare flood, tour makers say. By Jay Savage, ninemsn
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"Spectacular" Lake Eyre draws a crowd
Thursday, 7 May 2009
"It's like a mirror — you don't know where the lake stops and the sky begins." Reg Dodd, 69, has lived his whole life on the edge of Lake Eyre and only a few times can he recall the vast saltpan being in flood.
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Cape York heritage listing bad for health, says Pearson
Monday, 10 August 2009
Indigenous leader Noel Pearson says a push by the Queensland government for Cape York to be world heritage listed will do nothing to promote healthy eating habits among local Aboriginal communities.
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Scientists checking if Australian dust is radioactive
Wednesday, 30 September 2009
A team of Australian scientists are analysing the dust that has engulfed eastern Australia this week to see whether it is dangerous.
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Lake Eyre in Flood - The Arid Desert Bursts into Life
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Your chance to witness this spectacular natural event. For the 2nd year running, colossal Lake Eyre is flooding with millions of mega-litres of fresh water flowing in from the desert.
