US EditionRare event breathes life back into Australia’s arid outback, attracting both animals and tourists
- In early May 2025, water from the Georgina-Diamantina River started replenishing the northern part of Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in Australia's arid interior, forming a rare inland sea.
- This event follows Tropical Cyclone Alfred's March rain in inland Queensland and marks only the fourth known filling of the lake in 160 years.
- The flood supports spawning crustaceans, increases fish populations, allows endangered mammals to propagate, and triggers a tourism boom in a formerly dry region.
- Ecologist Richard Kingsford calls this sudden oasis "imponderable" and notes the flood can span 60 to 80 kilometers, with carpets of wildflowers appearing months later.
- The South Australian government banned walking on the lake bed in February to protect its fragile surface and support the sacred cultural practices of the Arabana people.
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Unusual rains in autumn have flooded Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre again in the Australian outback and brought the desert to life. At present, there are good chances that the huge basin will return to record levels.
·Vienna, Austria
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Record rainfall is transforming this desert into a teeming oasis in the middle of Australia’s outback
For years it’s been a barren salt flat. But now, due to floods hundreds of miles away, Australia’s Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre appears set to fill for only the fourth time in 160 years.
·Atlanta, United States
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