Survey Point | Buchanan Hwy floodway NT |
Latitude | -16.7400000 (16° 44′ 24″ S) |
Longitude | 132.3941667 (132° 23′ 39″ E) |
About 70km east of Top Springs, there’s good woodland at the floodway which is usually dry, but during the wet season can be quite a lake. On the south side a grader scrape leads to a dam that is more likely to have water.
No camping is advised here
Surveys done 2 (1 extra survey entered in error)
Blogs:
Melbourne to Timber Creek NT via Sturt NP, Ranken Rd, Barkly Stock Route, Buchanan Hwy 2020
- Plumed Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna eytoni 1 (33.33%)
- Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 1 (33.33%)
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 2 (66.67%)
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 1 (33.33%)
- Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 2 (66.67%)
- Black-winged Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus 1 (33.33%)
- Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 1 (33.33%)
- Red-kneed Dotterel Erythrogonys cinctus 1 (33.33%)
- Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 1 (33.33%)
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 1 (33.33%)
- Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 2 (66.67%)
- Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 1 (33.33%)
- Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 1 (33.33%)
- Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 1 (33.33%)
- Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor 1 (33.33%)
- Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis 1 (33.33%)
- Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 2 (66.67%)
- Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 2 (66.67%)
- Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 2 (66.67%)
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 1 (33.33%)
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 2 (66.67%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 2 (66.67%)
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 2 (66.67%)
- Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda 1 (33.33%)