From the ABC website:

Life floods back into outback

By environment reporter Sarah Clarke
Updated Wed Mar 10, 2010 9:01am AEDT

The massive flood across western Queensland may have caused millions of dollars of damage, but it has been a godsend for native animals and plants.
Fish ecologist Adam Kerezsy says the Simpson Desert is set to markedly increase its fish stocks this year.

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http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/10/2841376.htm