Right now, record-breaking floodwaters are reshaping the Australian desert into a landscape of rivers, wetlands and life rarely seen in our lifetime.
Following extraordinary rainfall across inland Australia, floodwaters are moving through ancient desert river systems toward Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre, transforming one of the driest landscapes on Earth into something rarely ever witnessed.
During major flood events the desert explodes to life — ephemeral wetlands spread across the floodplains, dormant vegetation erupts into vibrant green, and large numbers of waterbirds move into the basin to take advantage of the sudden abundance. From the air, the landscape becomes an extraordinary canvas of colour, pattern and life.
This largely aerial-focused photography workshop will explore these rare conditions, capturing braided desert rivers, luminous salt pans, vivid floodplain vegetation and wildlife gathering around newly formed waters. Opportunities may include pelicans and other waterbirds on temporary islands, fresh desert growth against red earth, and the striking abstract patterns created as floodwaters spread across the basin.
An events of this scale is almost unheard of, and the landscape now unfolding across the Lake Eyre Basin may not look this way again for decades — potentially making this a once-in-a-lifetime photographic opportunity.
