The Silent Call of Kati Thanda

Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in South Australia is usually a dry salt pan, but whenever the floodwaters arrive hundreds-of-thousands of birds come from all over Australia (and beyond) to feed and breed. No-one knows how the birds know that the lake has filled. This song imagines the lake sending out a call to the birds that only they can hear.

The mood of the song changes from the stark, clashing sounds of the hot, dry desert to free-flowing as the floodwaters begin to fill the lake.

2 part - for ages 8 and up

Here's a fantastic, short ABC podcast about Kati Thanda and Arabana Country where the lake is situated.