After the deluge: Australia’s outback springs to life as mighty rivers flow again

Two months after rains fell in the north, billions of litres of water are finally coursing down the Baaka-Darling system, rejuvenating the Menindee Lakes and farming communities

In late March parts of Queensland were deluged by rain. Cars were swept from roads and flash floods inundated towns as rivers broke their banks.

Billions of litres of water flowed across flood plains into creeks and from creeks into the rivers that stretch like fingers across the region.