Bird-breeding bonanza seen after record flooding in New South Wales wetlands

Pelicans at the Gayini Wetlands, which bred in large numbers following flooding late last year.

PHOTO: RT KINGSFORD, UNSW

Jonathan Pearlman

SYDNEY Late last year,

a stint of record-setting rain across south-east Australia

left rivers overflowing and caused devastating flooding and mass evacuations. Yet an unusual silver lining emerged from the floods.

In the Gayini Wetlands, a remote floodplain about 800km south-west of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, the deluge led to the sudden creation of a vast inland sea.

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