Double dam Silver City Hwy NSW

Survey Point Double dam Silver City Hwy NSW
Latitude -33.1194400 (33° 7′ 10″ S)
Longitude 141.6438900 (141° 38′ 38″ E)

About 15km south of Coombah Roadhouse, there are two dams on the south side of the road, a smaller dam on the north side of the road and the southern edge of Twin Lake is just north of the road. The dams often have water in them, and are surrounded by some woodland, the lake is usually dry.

No camping is advised here

Surveys done 4

Blogs:

Grasswren surveys 2008

Calder Hwy, Sunset NP, Silver City Hwy, Sturt NP, Strzelecki track, Danggali, Ngarkat, Coorong 2013/14

Melbourne to Timber Creek NT via Sturt NP, Ranken Rd, Barkly Stock Route, Buchanan Hwy 2020

  • Grey Teal Anas gracilis 1 (25.00%)
  • Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 2 (50.00%)
  • Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 2 (50.00%)
  • Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 1 (25.00%)
  • Little Pied Cormorant Microcarbo melanoleucos 1 (25.00%)
  • Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 1 (25.00%)
  • Brown Falcon Falco berigora 1 (25.00%)
  • Major Mitchell’s Cockatoo Cacatua leadbeateri 1 (25.00%)
  • Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus 2 (50.00%)
  • Blue Bonnet Northiella haematogaster 1 (25.00%)
  • Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus 1 (25.00%)
  • White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 2 (50.00%)
  • Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 1 (25.00%)
  • Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 2 (50.00%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 1 (25.00%)
  • Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 1 (25.00%)
  • Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 1 (25.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 2 (50.00%)
  • Little Raven Corvus mellori 1 (25.00%)
  • Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 1 (25.00%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 3 (75.00%)
  • Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1 (25.00%)
The left hand side is supposed to be grazing free but goats have got in. This is the damage they do during a drought.
This is supposed to be grazing free land but goats have got in. This is the damage they do during a drought.
This is supposed to be a wildlife refuge, but instead there are only goats in here.