Survey Point | Granite Downs dams SA |
Latitude | -26.8333300 (26° 50′ 0″ S) |
Longitude | 133.3333300 (133° 20′ 0″ E) |
On the Stuart Hwy about 60km north of Marla there are several large dams here on the west side of the road, the site is based on the southernmost one which has good woodland beyond the dam.
Camp rating 3 there’s no good access off the road and no established campsite here
Surveys done 5
Blogs see main page archives:
Stuart Hwy, Tablelands Hwy, Kakadu, Flinders Ranges 08-09
SA coast, Stuart Hwy, Central Australia, East Kimberley, Darwin region, Kakadu NP, Barkly Hwy, inland NE Qld 2017
Shark Bay, Mt Augustus, Gibb River Rd, Purnululu(Bungles),Stuart Hwy, Eyre Hwy 2023
Victoria, The Coorong, Flinders Ranges, Oodnadatta Track, Newhaven, Mt Augustus, Kennedy Range NP 2024
- Grey Teal Anas gracilis 3 (60.00%)
- Australian Wood Duck Chenonetta jubata 3 (60.00%)
- Australasian Grebe Tachybaptus novaehollandiae 1 (20.00%)
- Hoary-headed Grebe Poliocephalus poliocephalus 1 (20.00%)
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 2 (40.00%)
- Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 3 (60.00%)
- Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 1 (20.00%)
- Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 1 (20.00%)
- White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 1 (20.00%)
- Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 1 (20.00%)
- Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 1 (20.00%)
- Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 1 (20.00%)
- Black Kite Milvus migrans 1 (20.00%)
- Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 1 (20.00%)
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 1 (20.00%)
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 3 (60.00%)
- Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 1 (20.00%)
- Mulga Parrot Psephotellus varius 1 (20.00%)
- Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius 2 (40.00%)
- Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 2 (40.00%)
- Western Bowerbird Chlamydera guttata 1 (20.00%)
- Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti 1 (20.00%)
- Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens 1 (20.00%)
- White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus 2 (40.00%)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 3 (60.00%)
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 2 (40.00%)
- White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 3 (60.00%)
- Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 2 (40.00%)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis 1 (20.00%)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 2 (40.00%)
- White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 1 (20.00%)
- Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 1 (20.00%)
- Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 1 (20.00%)
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 1 (20.00%)
- Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 1 (20.00%)
- White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus 1 (20.00%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 2 (40.00%)
- Torresian Crow Corvus orru 1 (20.00%)
- Little Crow Corvus bennetti 2 (40.00%)
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 2 (40.00%)
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 3 (60.00%)
- Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii 1 (20.00%)
- Zebra Finch Taeniopygia castanotis 4 (80.00%)
- Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis 1 (20.00%)
- Rufous Songlark Cincloramphus mathewsi 4 (80.00%)
- Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 1 (20.00%)
