Hugh River NT

Survey Point Hugh River NT
Latitude-24.3527800 (24° 21′ 10″ S)
Longitude133.4355600 (133° 26′ 8″ E)

On the Stuart Hwy about 90 km south of Alice Springs, and just north of Orange Creek Station homestead, the site is at the river crossing. There is a good string of trees along the braids of the riverbed, but sparse vegetation away from the riverbed.

Camp rating 5 best prospect on NW bank down the old road, there is no established campsite here, and not much ability to get far off the road.

Surveys done 3

Blogs see main page archives:

Stuart Hwy, Tablelands Hwy, Kakadu, Flinders Ranges 08-09

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

  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 1 (33.33%)
  • Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 1 (33.33%)
  • Black Kite Milvus migrans 1 (33.33%)
  • Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 1 (33.33%)
  • Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 2 (66.67%)
  • Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius 1 (33.33%)
  • Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 2 (66.67%)
  • Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 1 (33.33%)
  • White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 2 (66.67%)
  • Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 2 (66.67%)
  • Red-browed Pardalote Pardalotus rubricatus 1 (33.33%)
  • Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 1 (33.33%)
  • White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus 1 (33.33%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 1 (33.33%)
  • White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 1 (33.33%)
  • Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 1 (33.33%)
  • Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 2 (66.67%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 2 (66.67%)
  • Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 1 (33.33%)
2023 where’s Ollie?