Aroona Dam Leigh Creek SA

Survey Point Aroona Dam Leigh Creek SA
Latitude -30.5847200 (30° 35′ 5″ S)
Longitude 138.3605600 (138° 21′ 38″ E)

About 2km south of Leigh Creek on the Outback Hwy by Emu Ck a track leads west into the hills, it’s a dead end track ending at the dam where the site is. As well as the deep water of the dam there’s some remnant woodland here.

No camping allowed

Surveys done 2

Blogs, see main page archives:

Danggali, Flinders Ranges, Birdsville Tk, Kalamurina, Western NSW 2011

Anne Beadell Hwy, SW WA, Nullarbor plain 2014

Victoria, The Coorong, Flinders Ranges, Oodnadatta Track, Newhaven, Mt Augustus, Kennedy Range NP 2024

  • Blue-billed Duck Oxyura australis 1 (50.00%)
  • Hardhead Aythya australis 1 (50.00%)
  • Grey Teal Anas gracilis 2 (100.00%)
  • Musk Duck Biziura lobata 2 (100.00%)
  • Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 1 (50.00%)
  • Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 1 (50.00%)
  • Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 1 (50.00%)
  • White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 1 (50.00%)
  • Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 1 (50.00%)
  • Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 1 (50.00%)
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 1 (50.00%)
  • Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 1 (50.00%)
  • Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti 1 (50.00%)
  • Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 1 (50.00%)
  • White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 1 (50.00%)
  • Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 1 (50.00%)
  • Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 1 (50.00%) (B)
  • White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus 1 (50.00%)
  • Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 1 (50.00%)
  • Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 2 (100.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 2 (100.00%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 2 (100.00%)
  • Australian Reed-Warbler Acrocephalus australis 1 (50.00%)
  • Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 1 (50.00%)
2024, where’s Ollie?