Lake Eyre is filling with water

I noticed this cry of excitement and joy around Australia. Anyone devoted to the Australian Outback, anyone concerned about the recent drought down under, is posting, blogging tweeting about this unusual event.

Following heavy rain in Outback Queensland early 2009, rivers, creeks and channels in the Channel country filled with water that is slowly making its way down to South Australia.

How much water will be finally flowing into Lake Eyre? Nobody knows. Evaporation is high in this part of Australia.

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