Lake Eyres biggest flood in nearly 50 years |

The waters that devastated northern Queensland earlier this year are resurrecting the country’s parched central deserts, notably the Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre basin. It’s being called a ‘special flood’, possibly the biggest to make its way through Lake Eyre in nearly half a century. Environmentalists say the Lake Eyre Basin is becoming a last refuge for wildlife as irrigation, dams and diversions choke the life out of the once mighty Murray Darling.