Lake Eyre Scenic Flights

In case you don’t know, Lake Eyre sits just south of the centre of Australia.

• It’s about 700 Km – 435 miles – north of Adelaide. Australia’s roughly the size of continental USA. The total population is about 22 million.

• Lake Eyre is one of the most inhospitable places in Australia. It’s usually waterless. It’s a vast, white salt lake, in the middle of nowhere.

• The area that feeds the lake is huge: 3668 square miles. Texas is 2681 square miles. It’s the lowest point on the Australian continent: 49 ft or 15 metres below sea level.

• The Lake was named after explorer Edward John Eyre, the first European to see it in 1840.

• Lake Eyre experiences a small (1.5 m) flood every 3 years, a large (4 m) flood every 10 years and fills an average of only four times each century!

In 2009 and 2010, massive above average rains fell over Central Australia and much of the outback.

This rainfall filled all the creeks, rivers and other tributaries that flow into the lake.

It’s taken a couple of years, but Lake Eyre is now full of water…

All the streams and wetlands that feed the lake are overflowing.

Even if there’s no more rain, for a long time, water will continue to flow into it for months to come.

Central Australia, usually dry, barren, brown and now arid is green and verdant.

Vegetation, dormant for decades is abundant and flowering. Bird, animal and even marine life has reappeared as if from nowhere.

Lake Eyre has only filled a handful of times in the past hundred years.

Right now, tour companies are falling over themselves to get you to visit and take a Lake Eyre Scenic flight.

Because there’s so many of these companies doing business, now is a great time to grab a bargain.

In other words, if you’re wondering whether you should you go, and whether you’ll be able to afford it, you’re in a prime position to negotiate the best price on a flight that you possibly can – before the water dries up for another 20 years.

If you’re thinking about a special trip you’ll remember for the rest of your life, take a Lake Eyre scenic flight before the water dries up. This is something to tell your grandkids about!

And remember: the rain has stopped falling – you’ll wait another 20 years to see this again.