| Survey Point | 3 Springs Newland Lake CP SA |
| Latitude | -33.4563900 (33° 27′ 23″ S) |
| Longitude | 134.8861100 (134° 53′ 10″ E) |
I just love this spot, it’s hard to find, as it looks like you’re driving through farmland to get to it, so no one ever gets here, it’s off the Flinders Hwy between Talia and Colton where an unlocked gate allows for a drive along a fenceline down to the reserve. When you get to the reserve turn south and the campground is at the end of the track. The site isn’t level so camping is a bit awkward, but the peace and tranquillity of the area easily makes up for it. The bird life is quite prolific, and there’s even a little trickle of a spring down by the lake to soak your feet in at the end of a long day. There are no facilities.
Camp rating 10 despite there being no facilities here
Surveys done 3
Blogs, see main page archives:
Central NSW, SW Qld, Plenty hwy, Stuart hwy 2012/13
Anne Beadell Hwy, SW WA, Nullarbor plain 2014
Perth to Melbourne 2023
- Emu Dromaius novaehollandiae 1 (33.33%)
- Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae 3 (100.00%)
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus 2 (66.67%)
- Australian Shelduck Tadorna tadornoides 3 (100.00%)
- Hardhead Aythya australis 1 (33.33%)
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis 3 (100.00%)
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 1 (33.33%)
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 1 (33.33%)
- Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans 1 (33.33%)
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 2 (66.67%)
- Australian Spotted Crake Porzana fluminea 1 (33.33%)
- Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus 3 (100.00%)
- Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae 2 (66.67%)
- Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 1 (33.33%)
- Red-capped Plover Charadrius ruficapillus 2 (66.67%)
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 3 (100.00%)
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper Calidris acuminata 3 (100.00%)
- Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 2 (66.67%)
- Red-necked Stint Calidris ruficollis 3 (100.00%)
- Common Greenshank Tringa nebularia 3 (100.00%)
- Silver Gull Larus novaehollandiae 3 (100.00%)
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia 1 (33.33%)
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida 3 (100.00%)
- White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 3 (100.00%)
- Little Black Cormorant Phalacrocorax sulcirostris 1 (33.33%)
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 1 (33.33%)
- Swamp Harrier Circus approximans 1 (33.33%)
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 1 (33.33%)
- Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus 1 (33.33%)
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 1 (33.33%)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 3 (100.00%)
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata 1 (33.33%)
- White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis 1 (33.33%)
- Southern Whiteface Aphelocephala leucopsis 1 (33.33%)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 1 (33.33%)
- Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis 1 (33.33%)
- Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 3 (100.00%)
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 2 (66.67%)
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 3 (100.00%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 3 (100.00%)
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa 1 (33.33%)
- Little Raven Corvus mellori 2 (66.67%)
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 1 (33.33%)
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 2 (66.67%)
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 1 (33.33%)
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 2 (66.67%)
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 3 (100.00%)
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 3 (100.00%)
