Lake Cadibarrawirracanna

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Salt lake

The Lake is a salt lake Cadibarrawirracanna in the Australian state of South Australia.

Location

The maximum 30 km long and 17 km wide salt lake located in the northeast of the Woomera Prohibited Area, about 60 kilometers east of Coober Pedy, through which the Stuart Highway runs, and 70 kilometers west of William Creek.

Name

The name Cadibarrawirracanna means "dancing stars on the water." The nineteen letters of the name are the longest place name in Australia.

Song

With the long name of the lake there is the song recorded by Australian singer Rolf Harris Carra Barra Wirra Canna:

There's a lake in South Australia, Little lake with lovely name And the story woven round it From the picaninnies came Every night the native mothers croon this lovely lullaby Croon across the moonlit waters, to the star up in the sky CHORUS: Carra Barra Wirra Canna, little star upon the lake Guide me through the hours of darkness, Keep me safely till I wake. Piccaninnies ' heads are nodding, Drowsy crooning fills the air Little eyes at last are closing, And the boat of dreams is there Guide my boat across the waters, cross the waters silent and deep Light me with your little candle, Safely to the land of sleep. CHORUS