Lake Eyre in Flood

You may recall that when in Australia, we had a plane flight over Lake Eyre. Follow the link for a reminder of what this place looked like.

Once you have set your notion of what a salt pan in the desert looks like, have a look at this video from the ABC News about where all the water from the typhoons that hit northern and eastern Australia went. The change is not only remarkable, it is dumbfounding. The roadhouse shown in the early part of the video is one we visited and had lunch in.

Makes us what to return for another visit.

Along the Road Back from William Creek

After our flight, it was well into lunch time, so we went to the roadhouse in William Creek for a bite. The choices were limited in all possible ways. We ordered some sort of meat and it was edible and neither of us had gastric issues, so it must been acceptable.

Since we no longer had a plane to catch, we took our time and enjoyed the sights along the road. Above is that ubiquitous machine, the wind-driven water pump. No doubt the source of life for the men and cattle on this station.

Lake Eyre

Our one-hour flight from William Creek to see Lake Eyre was great. the young man who piloted out plane was very nice and good at keeping his end of the conversation going.

Shortly after taking off, we could see a stretch of the Oodnadatta Tack stretching off into the distance.

Driving to William Creek

While in Coober Pedy, we booked ourselves for a flight out of William Creek to see Lake Eyre. The drive to William Creek was fraught with uncertainty. We are, of course, veterans of driving on unsealed roads by this time, but all the indications were that the road was closed because of a rain storm that can through just before we arrived. We certainly did not want to get stuck an hour out of this small town.