The filling of Lake Eyre in recent years has attracted thousands of visitors to witness this rare event. I have been lucky enough to see it from the air on flights to and from Alice Springs. But to see it at ground level (albeit from a distance) was amazing. All this – 12m below sea level.

It’s hard to describe how beautiful it is.


Photo below, we have stopped in the fading light to take some photos. It may look hot, but it was actually freezing, with a biting icy wind howling across the gibber plains.