Birdsville cut off as Diamantina River rises

Derek Barry
Updated February 21 2019 - 8:18pm, first published 8:29am
Birdsville is under water as the floodwater heads south. Photo: Birdsville Bakery.
Birdsville is under water as the floodwater heads south. Photo: Birdsville Bakery.

All the water from the southern end of the floods is now heading to Lake Eyre with Birdsville completely cut off in all directions.

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Derek Barry

Derek Barry

Editor, the North West Star

Editor of the North West Star Mount Isa since January 2016. Prior to that, an editor at several regional southern Queensland newspapers. Passionate about telling local stories. Comes with a strange accent to due an Irish accident of birth.

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