Fairbairn Dam picnic area Qld

Survey Point Fairbairn Dam picnic area Qld
Latitude -23.6605600 (23° 39′ 38″ S)
Longitude 148.0747200 (148° 4′ 29″ E)

Also known as Lake Maraboon it is accessed along Selma Rd about 16km SW of Emerald, or about 6km west from the Carnarvon Hwy. The site is on a promontory near the boat ramp, there is parkland type woodland here with facilities.

No camping is allowed

Surveys done 2

Blogs:

Melbourne to Cairns area via Newell Hwy, Carnarvon, Eungela. Return via Julia Creek, Quilpie, Lake Bindagolly. 2010

Mareeba via Great inland Hwy, central NSW to Ocean Grove 2017

  • Grey Teal
    Anas gracilis
    1 (50.00%)
  • Channel-billed Cuckoo
    Scythrops novaehollandiae
    1 (50.00%)
  • Silver Gull
    Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    1 (50.00%)
  • Australian Gull-billed Tern
    Gelochelidon macrotarsa
    1 (50.00%)
  • Caspian Tern
    Hydroprogne caspia
    1 (50.00%)
  • Whiskered Tern
    Chlidonias hybrida
    1 (50.00%)
  • Great Egret
    Ardea alba
    1 (50.00%)
  • Little Pied Cormorant
    Microcarbo melanoleucos
    1 (50.00%)
  • Great Cormorant
    Phalacrocorax carbo
    1 (50.00%)
  • Little Black Cormorant
    Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
    1 (50.00%)
  • Pied Cormorant
    Phalacrocorax varius
    1 (50.00%)
  • Australasian Darter
    Anhinga novaehollandiae
    1 (50.00%)
  • Whistling Kite
    Haliastur sphenurus
    2 (100.00%) (B)
  • Black Kite
    Milvus migrans
    1 (50.00%)
  • Laughing Kookaburra
    Dacelo novaeguineae
    2 (100.00%)
  • Galah
    Eolophus roseicapilla
    2 (100.00%)
  • Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
    Cacatua galerita
    2 (100.00%)
  • Rainbow Lorikeet
    Trichoglossus moluccanus
    2 (100.00%)
  • Spotted Bowerbird
    Ptilonorhynchus maculatus
    1 (50.00%)
  • Blue-faced Honeyeater
    Entomyzon cyanotis
    1 (50.00%)
  • Noisy Miner
    Manorina melanocephala
    2 (100.00%)
  • Striated Pardalote
    Pardalotus striatus
    1 (50.00%)
  • Australian Magpie
    Gymnorhina tibicen
    2 (100.00%)
  • Torresian Crow
    Corvus orru
    1 (50.00%)