“…Over last five decades, several filling and drying periods have been recorded at Lake Eyre (Bonython and Mason, 1953;Dulhunty, 1975;Tetziaff and Bye, 1978;Dulhunty, 1984Dulhunty, , 1986Allan et al, 1986). Three major fillings occurred in 1949, 1974 and 1984 together with a number of minor fillings (Dulhunty, 1990).…”