The guests travelling on the Flinders Ranges and Beyond Air Tour and Lake Eyre & Flinders Ranges Air Tour will experience incredible “Flightseeing” throughout, however, as an extra added bonus, they will view vistas only a lucky few ever see – Lake Eyre and it’s surrounding region transform as huge flood waters continue south!

Click below to hear Professor Richard Kingsford discuss the remarkable transformation of the region as it explodes with life due to record breaking floods.  

Professor Kingsford, a river ecologist and conservation biologist from the University of NSW, goes on to discuss the proliferation of flora and fauna resulting from these unprecedented waters as wildflowers bloom and red dirt bursts with green during his recent interview on ABC Radio National.

The incredible downpours that were experienced in Outback Queensland earlier this year have been so sustained and significant that water has flowed south at rates not seen in over 15 years. This has caused Goyder Lagoon to fill and overflow into Warburton River which is now in major flood.  Per the recent NASA satellite image below from 16 June, the Diamantina, Georgina and Eyre Creek systems are flowing. The Lower Warburton Lakes are overflowing and the Warburton Groove is flowing into Lake Eyre, which in turn has resulted in Belt Bay overflowing and Madigan’s Gulf filling to a depth of 1.5m. 

Water continues to make its way south to Lake Eyre and the surrounding region.  Witness this remarkable Australian icon from your private aircraft on this rare occasion as these historic flood waters continue to move ever south, transforming the desert and salt flats as it flows through.

The NASA satellite image clearly shows that due to the flowing of the Diamantina and Georgina Rivers and Eyre Creek the entire surrounding region has continued to green to a remarkable degree including Goyder Lagoon. Turning this wetland into an oasis of green interspersed by thousands of finger-like channels, the water brings with it life to an area previously arid and barren. Lake Eyre is a spectacle from the air no matter what the season, however, when flooded with water, it’s truly a wonder to behold. The inflowing water, which is measured in cubic kilometers, completely transforms the usually dry and arid area into something that has to be seen to be believed. Marvel at incredible vistas below of all the flood affected plains and salt flats stretching out as far as the eye can see, simply magnificent!