Freya and Sasha were relieved when the magic carpet left the turbulent area and glided safely towards the lake. For a few moments the emu seemed to lose all colour in his neck, but by the time they landed he had recovered. The magic carpet explained it wasn’t unusual for some sort of interference like this during a journey, but it always resolved safely.
Gliding down to the lake shore. This image has sound. Please turn on your speakers.
Freya was astonished to find so much water in such an arid land. ‘Where has it all come from?’ she asked.
The emu explained that the waters have come from South Western Queensland because of all the unusual rain in Western Queensland months ago. No one knows exactly how all the birds know to come, as the rains have fallen months before they arrive here. Brine shrimp multiply in the lake and the birds come from coastal wetlands like the Coorong in South Australia, But birds even come from China, Russia and Antarctica. This big salt lake rarely floods and has filled like this only four times in 160 years.
‘We are privileged to see, this,’ said Freya. ‘How amazing!’ I have come all the way from South Africa.’
