>Lanman, Your camel drama is stated as unfolding 500km southeast of Alice Springs which is a heck of a long way south of the Beetaloo basin which is closer to Darwin.

Actually the camels are 300 miles west of Alice Springs, according to some reports, in Docker River. But anyway, I stand corrected. It's easy to forget how big Australia is. Daly Waters is quite close to the Beetaloo, and it doesnt look like they are experiencing any sort of drought at the moment.

http://weather.yahoo.com/australia/northern-territory/daly-waters-1101560/

As for the negativity of my posts tonight, it's a little hard to get excited over a multi-million dollar well that is producing "enough gas to power a generator."