Images Dated 20th September 2010

Aerial view of flooded Birdsville Track, Australia

Aerial view over the flooded iconic Birdsville Track at ephemeral Lake Killamperpunna on Cooper Creek in outback South Australia. This lake fills from Cooper Creek only when good rainfall in the upper catchment is able to travel all the way down through the desert to the Lake Eyre system. A large number of eucalyptus trees are inundated by the flooding. The track is covered to a depth of approximately 1 metre. A long detour, including a ferry crossing of the creek, must be established around the lake whenever this flooding occurs

© 2010 Kerry Whitworth