Quote Originally Posted by Dru View Post
Dave - have you got an eye on the BOM? There is definitely some action at the moment, Cooper looks to be rising, Diamantina falling from a high - I dont know anything about this stuff but looks like it is flowing through. Might not be fun right now, but might make the place very green for our trip.

AS you say though, hard to know!


http://www.bom.gov.au/qld/flood/west.shtml

http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65398/I...8015.plt.shtml

http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65398/I...8003.plt.shtml

http://www.bom.gov.au/fwo/IDQ65398/I...8010.plt.shtml

http://www.bom.gov.au/cgi-bin/wrap_f.../Barcoo/Cooper
Hi Dru, yes, I've been watching. With three months to go, I'm hoping that they will dry up again before we get there.

We cross the Cooper on the Birdsville Track south of Mungerannie. In 2010 we did it on the ferry - first time it had run in 20 years...

The creeks I am particularly interested in are the Warburton - which we cross going into the desert proper after we leave Mungerannie, and Eyre Creek which we cross coming out of the desert heading to Birdsville. Warburton is all black soil and impassable when wet. Hopefully as all that water is flowing south in rivers, it won't get into those two, as it does if it rains there...

Waiting and seeing, with fingers crossed, and three months for it to dry out Birdsville Hotel on Facebook is looking forward to a green / wildflowers season.

Thanks,
Dave