Channel Country is booming! After the rain, the Outback awakens — and nowhere does it quite like the Channel Country. From carpets of wildflowers stretching to the horizon to thriving wetlands alive with birdlife, this is nature at its most spectacular. It’s a reminder that life out here always finds a way — and when it blooms, it’s pure magic. Thank you Dan Proud for this specatcular view. #outbackqueensland #channelcountry #thediamantina Birdsville, Bedourie & Betoota - The Diamantina #visitba

This is the Channel Country in remote south-western Queensland, Australia. These rivers are amongst the last free-flowing desert rivers left on Earth. When they flow after rain they replenish delicate floodplains in the whole of the basin, including Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre to the south. At the end of 2023, the Queensland government delivered the long awaited commitment to protect these spectacular floodplains from new oil and gas projects. This is a win for communities, nature and the climate. Lea