For the uninitiated, Lake Eyre is a salt lake in South Australia which covers around 10,000 square kilometres. I’ve had the privilege to visit Lake Eyre twice in a state of flood due to the generosity of Bob Backway, Commodore of the Lake Eyre Yacht Club . In 2001 we spent 5 days on his catamaran sailing around Lake Eyre South, camping on small islands . In 2004 we sailed 400kms down the flooded Warburton River between the Simpson & Tirari Deserts to Lake Eyre and back, starting from Kalamurina Cattle Station. We returned 11 days later.
Have a look at the Commercial section for a compile of Lake Eyre footage. Articles with photos appeared in The Age, The Austalian & Sydney Morning Herald Newspapers
Lake Eyre
Desert Sailing
Lake Eyre South, South Australia
Sand Sphinx
Warburton River, South Australia
A sandhill containing gypsum, baked hard by the sun & shaped by wind & rain
Kalamurina Dune
TIrari Desert, South Austrlalia
Warburton River flood
Warburton River, South Australia
Sailing the flood between the
Simpson & Tirari Deserts - March 2004
Sand Pyramid
Warburton River, South Australia
Goshawk in flight
Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Mungarannie Dawn
Mungarannie Waterhole, South Australia
Warburton Sunset,
Warburton River, South Australia
Fossil Beach Sunset
Lake Eyre South, South Australia
Sand Sculpture,
Warburton River, South Australia
Beresford Bore at Dawn
Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Beresford Dawn
Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Lake Eyre Sunset
Lake Eyre South, South Australia
Old Man Tree
Warburton River, South Australia
A tree uprooted and turned upside
down from the force of a flood
Warburton Sandune
Warburton River, South Australia
Pelican Graveyard
Late Lunch Island, Lake Eyre South
Warburton Sunset
Warburton River, South Australia
Sand Cliff
Warburton River, South Australia
Goshawk
Oodnadatta Track, South Australia
Wedge Tail Eagle
Warburton River, South Australia
Barrier Island Sunset
Lake Eyre South, South Australia
