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If you are an enthusiastic boater, you will know that a lake without water is just like a pub without beer. Quite surprisingly, Lake Eyre Yacht Club’s members are used to this kind of dry spells. At times, it might turn two years in between their outings but there isn’t anything like the strong flood of north Queensland to put wind to the dusty sails.

In Marree, the outback town, the yacht club has a headquarter. Here, the ice cold tinnies are opened up and huge floating tinnies are put into action for toasting the swelling rivers in the thirsty desert of South Australia.
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