I have been rabbiting on for a while about Cooper Creek so I thought I should show some shots of it from the various locations we visited.
After heavy rain far away in Eastern Queensland, water spreads out and slowly moves down the inland river systems of western Queensland eventually reaching Cooper Creek and other water courses in the Channel Country. As it moves through the Channel Country, Cooper Creek can be many kilometres wide. If the rains have been heavy enough, the waters will eventually flow into Lake Eyre but it may be many years between floods of this size.
When the flooded waters recede and dry up and during droughts, Cooper Creek shrinks to a series of water holes.
Our guide reckons that this particular water hole, about 70kms from the Dig Tree waterhole and at the place where Burke lost his life always has water in it.
I must admit that all of these were much larger bodies of water than I had expected to see.
