COOPER CREEK and LAKE EYRE FIASCO BREWING

Submitted: Saturday, Mar 02, 2013 at 11:02
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The SMH has reported on plans in Qld to extract water for irrigation/mining on Western Qld's iconic rivers. Link here: SMH article
As it is with a very poor wet in 2012/13 Lake Eyre is bone dry. Link to LEYC LEYC So all the tourists who took a joyflight in the last 4 years to see water in it can now fly over and see nothing but glistening white salt. A minor flood is moving down the Cooper to reach Durham Downs next week then Nappa Merrie a week later and eventually the Innamincka causeway. Unless the wet kicks in late, none of this water will reach the lake but just evaporate or just reach Coongie Lakes.
Similarly the Diamantina at Birdsville has had no flow since Sept. There's a flow at Diamantina Lakes but it will be over a fortnight until any arrives at Birdsville and then it has to get through Goyder Lagoon.... W
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