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Pelicans – Low Flying Experts

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On May 21, 2012
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Lake Eyre isn’t all pinks and blues and silver salt. At the top of the main lake and the Goyder Lagoon where some water is flowing in from the Warburton River, it’s quite muddy but there is an abundance of birds. The pelicans stand out because of their numbers and the apparent ease with which […]

Outback Oasis

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On March 12, 2012
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This makes an interesting contrast from the last few photos……. Goyder Lagoon, that rich oasis in the desert is flooding once again after the recent rains that have affected so much of the Flinders Ranges and Outback. The lagoon lies about 80 kilometres south west of Birdsville on the South Australian-Queensland border and is fed […]

Goyder Lagoon

Posted by Peter MacDonald
On June 23, 2011
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Overshadowed by the vastness of Lake Eyre, Goyder Lagoon, south of Birdsville misses some of the attention it richly deserves. Goyder Lagoon, wedged between the formidable Simpson and Sturt Stony deserts, is the catchment area for the Diamantina and Georgina Rivers when they bring floodwaters from western Queensland. When this happens it becomes a vast […]

It’s An Outback Thing…….

Posted by webmaster
On March 20, 2011
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It’s the rain…… And there’s plenty coming through. It’s falling on the plain, almost weekly. Turning sand and clay pans, too into works of art completely. Goyder Lagoon, south west of Birdsville. Strewth, C.J. Dennis would turn in his grave!

Goyder’s Lagoon

Posted by webmaster
On July 1, 2010
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Goyder Lagoon, Central Australia – a million streams, large and small that have turned a once dry desert into hundreds of square kilometres of rich green landscape.

Imagination

Posted by webmaster
On May 9, 2010
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With a little imagination you might think you are flying over a giant leaf.

Contrasts

Posted by webmaster
On April 18, 2010
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Goyder Lagoon – a real contrast to the seemingly endless salt of Lake Eyre. The tentacles of water that pervade this swamp that’s south of Birdsville just go on and on. Currently the most outstanding feature is the strong, rich, almost iridescent green colour that stretches for just about as far as the eye can […]

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