[SierraWasp]

Wull Norm... I got my proof offa PBS with their recent "Nature" show on some of Australia's pelicans that all of a sudden head to the middle of their continent, deep into the "outback" into an area known as Ayer's sea. Just about the time they are circling to land, here comes that monsoonal moisture in humunguous cloud-bursts and the floods all rush to the middle of the country filling a huge natural sump-hole like an inland sea!!!

It's probably still showing on www.PBS.org.

[naturalman1975]

Ah yes - Lake Eyre.

Core of my heart, my country!
Her pitiless blue sky,
When sick at heart, around us,
We see the cattle die -
But then the grey clouds gather,
And we can bless again
The drumming of an army,
The steady, soaking rain.

[Gay State Conservative]

I got my proof offa PBS with their recent "Nature" show on some of Australia's pelicans that all of a sudden head to the middle of their continent, deep into the "outback" into an area known as Ayer's sea. Just about the time they are circling to land, here comes that monsoonal moisture in humunguous cloud-bursts and the floods all rush to the middle of the country filling a huge natural sump-hole like an inland sea!!!

I saw that very episode just recently.It was pretty impressive,actually.Having visited the Outback...in summer...I can attest to the fact that it's really hot,really dry,and really big.In fact,"hot enough to boil a monkey's bum"...as Monty Python observed in their skit about Australia.

[NormsRevenge]

Pelicans? Taste just like chicken.. Who knows? Giant aquifers may be opening as the crust of the earth goes mushy and sea levels adjust accordingly? Ya never know.. The earth is a living breathing thing if you will.. Pot bellies migrate.. :-)