Lake Eyre, South Australia, Australia, photographs, travel.
© Bill & Peg Chartres
All photos © Bill Chartres unless otherwise acknowledged.
LAKE EYRE
Lake Eyre, 700 km (435 miles) north of Adelaide, South Australia, is actually two lakes
(Lake Eyre North, 144km in length and 65km wide and Lake Eyre South, 65by 24km) which are joined by Goyder's Channel.
It is the lowest natural point in Australia [approximately 15 m (49 ft) below sea level in Madigan Gulf]
and it rarely completely fills, but when full (covering 9,500 sq km) is the largest lake in Australia,
and the 18th largest in the world.
We have been fortunate to have visited Lake Eyre a couple of times when it has been full (or nearly full!).
Our visit in 1989 was during one of only two recorded times when Lake Eyre South filled first
and fed its waters into Lake Eyre North through Goyder Channel
Sunset over Madigan Gulf- Lake Eyre North - 1989
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1989
Sunset over Goyder Channel - 1989
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1989
Jason Chartres
Goyder Channel- northern end - 1989
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Madigan Gulf- Lake Eyre North - 1989
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Madigan Gulf - Lake Eyre - 1989
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1989
Goyder Channel (northern end)
Lake Eyre - 1989
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1989
Jason & Peg Chartres
Madigan Gulf- Lake Eyre North - 1989
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Jason & Bill Chartres
Madigan Gulf- Lake Eyre North 1989
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Peg Chartres
Madigan Gulf- Lake Eyre North 1989
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1989
Jason Chartres
Goyder Channel Lake Eyre - 1989
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Lake Eyre - 1989 © Bill & Peg Chartres 1989
Goyder Channel
Lake Eyre North - 1989
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Peg Chartres
Lake Eyre North - 1989
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Level Post Bay
- Lake Eyre - 1989 © Bill & Peg Chartres 1989
Track to Lake Eyre - Muloorina Station - 1989
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Muloorina Camp Site - 1989
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Muloorina Camp Site - 1989
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Muloorina Camp Site - 1989
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Muloorina Camp Site - 1989
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Bill Chartres - Lake Eyre - 1989
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1989
Jason, Bill & Peg Chartres
Muloorina Camp Site - 1989
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1989
More photos of Lake Eyre
Like all the other northern areas that we have visited, each time you visit
there are new things to see and enjoy, no two visits are ever the same.
This is the reason that we visited these areas once or twice each year for over ten years!
These photos were taken in 1987, 2 years before the ones above.
Lake Eyre South
Just a dry salt pan - 1987
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1987
Lake Eyre South
Just a dry salt pan - 1987 © Bill & Peg Chartres 1987
Madgian Gulf Lake Eyre North
Just a dry salt pan -1987
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1987
Muloorina Staion - 1987
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1987
The Chartres Family
Bill, Peg, Jason, Graham & Wayne
Muloorina Staion - 1987
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1987
Camp Site - Jason & Graham Chartres
Muloorina Staion - 1987
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1987
Jason & Peg Chartres
Madigan Gulf (The lowest point in Australia, 15m below sea level
Lake Eyre North -1987
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1987
Muloorina Station - 1987
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1987
Muloorina Staion - 1987
© Bill & Peg Chartres 1987
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