Growing expectations Lake Eyre could reach full capacity for first time in decades

In the centre of Australia, there are whispers that Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is experiencing conditions strangely similar to ...

Lake Eyre set to reach capacity

APT has a small-group tour to see Australia’s largest inland lake, with a maximum of 22 guests. Guests will visit the outback towns of Port Augusta and Birdsville and stay in the only accommodation ...
Yahoo

This Surreal Pink and Orange Lake Only Appears Once in a Lifetime—and You Can See It Now

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre only makes an appearance once in a generation, when conditions are just right. Thanks to some recent floods, ...
CNN

Rare rain transforms Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre into dazzling rainbow

Do not adjust your screen settings: the crazily vibrant colors of this lake in Australia are all natural. A rare flood has transformed the country’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre from an arid salty basin to a ...
Yahoo

Officials stunned as country's iconic lake undergoes rare transformation: 'Only three times in the past 160 years'

One gorgeous lake in Australia is due to fill more deeply than it has in 15 years, attracting birds from across the region — and the people who want to see them, Glam Adelaide reported. Lake Eyre ...
The Conversation

The magnificent Lake Eyre Basin is threatened by 831 oil and gas wells – and more are planned. Is that what Australians really want?

Richard Kingsford received part funding for this work from The Pew Charitable Trusts as well as the Centre for Ecosystem Science, UNSW Sydney. It was also written as part of an Australian Research ...
Miami Herald

Barren lake will turn into oasis as ‘rare’ weather event hits Australian outback

Millions of birds, some from as far away as China and Japan, are expected to make their way to the lake, officials said. Photo by the Government of South Australia’s Department for Environment and ...
The Courier-Mail

I crossed the Outback to see Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre flood, it was amazing

With the sweltering salt pan of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre transformed to an inland sea, it’s the perfect time for an outback odyssey. Years later, government officials would honour him with the naming of ...
Seattle Times

TV Picks: A documentary about Lake Eyre in Australia, a classic Western and more antics from Shaq

PBS’ “P.O.V.” series offers this collaboration between photographer Murray Fredericks and documentary filmmaker Michael Angus. It examines Fredericks’ trips to Lake Eyre in Australia. Also on the ...
The Conversation

Protecting Australia’s Lake Eyre basin means getting our priorities right

Hugh Possingham receives funding from The Australian Research Council and the Department of the Environment and odd small grants here and there. He is affiliated with/a member of/helps out: The ...
PBS

Lake Eyre: An Unusual Pelican Paradise (MAP)

During Australia’s rainy seasons, brimming waterways flow thousands of miles inland toward Lake Eyre, the usually-dry saltpan situated in the Australian Outback and the lowest point on the continent.