Lake Eyre as it is 99 years out of 100
LOVELY LAKE!
LOVELY LAKE!
Metamorphosis Australia! Lake Eyre is in flood again!
Thousands of miles away, last summer, way up North, they experienced rain.
And not just rain, but floods and deluges; the rivers swelled beyond their banks!
And many parched parts of the country greened again in fertile thanks.
Then slowly, slowly, month by month, the water reached down to Lake Eyre,
And scientists watched its progress with great interest from the air.
For Lake Eyre floods ONCE IN A HUNDRED YEARS! Read that twice! It's so amazing!
Where once just sand stretched far and wide, cattle could, by now, be grazing!
Germany, Italy and France could fit inside Lake Eyre with ease!
My mind boggles with the thought of raw statistics such as these!
But Lake Eyre is a place of myst'ry; humans have the gift of words,
But are they even half as clever as those 'silly birdbrained' birds!
For coastal birds by tens of thousands heard the silent clarion call
And now they splash in heavenly water, Lake Eyre water, wall-to-wall!
By what strange magic could they ever know that their's was a Paradise Found?
We communicate by science; they 'spoke' without a single sound!
Did the birds up North deduce it! When it rained say 'Here's the rain!'
Send a message to the coastal birds...... 'Lake Eyre will soon be full again!'
Life's a mystery we can't understand! Life is God, so I declare!
Metamorphosis! What a miracle! Let us give praise for Lake Eyre!
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Lake Eyre as it is now!
The birds arrive!
France, Germany and Italy could fit inside this lake!
And a good time is being had by all!
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HORSES' BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday to the Horses!
They have aged a year today!
Lovely creatures! Let's applaud them
As they gallop on their way!
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