Lake Moondarra picnic Qld

About 6km north of Mount Isa on the Barkly Hwy the Lake Moondarra Rd branches off to the NE. About 15km along at the T junction at the lake, head left then down to a small platform by the lake. This site is a most pleasant place for a picnic and do a bit of birding, there is no camping, the toilets are a bit further around the lake from my site. The water is permanent, but fluctuates, whatever ​​ the water level there is good birding on the lake and surrounds.

No camping is allowed here

Surveys done 5

Blogs:

Grasswren surveys 2008

Grasswren surveys and N Queensland 2017

SA coast, Stuart Hwy, Central Australia, East Kimberley, Darwin region, Kakadu NP, Barkly Hwy, inland NE Qld 2017

Birdsville track and Cape York trip 2015

• Hardhead
  Aythya australis
  3 (60.00%)
• Pacific Black Duck
  Anas superciliosa
  4 (80.00%)
• Grey Teal
  Anas gracilis
  1 (20.00%)
• Australian Wood Duck
  Chenonetta jubata
  1 (20.00%)
• Australasian Grebe
  Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
  4 (80.00%)
• Great Crested Grebe
  Podiceps cristatus
  3 (60.00%)
• Peaceful Dove
  Geopelia placida
  4 (80.00%)
• Australian Bustard
  Ardeotis australis
  1 (20.00%)
• Australian Owlet-nightjar
  Aegotheles cristatus
  1 (20.00%)
• Brolga
  Antigone rubicunda
  1 (20.00%)
• Black-winged Stilt
  Himantopus leucocephalus
  3 (60.00%)
• Black-fronted Dotterel
  Elseyornis melanops
  2 (40.00%)
• Masked Lapwing
  Vanellus miles
  4 (80.00%)
• Silver Gull
  Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
  1 (20.00%)
• Caspian Tern
  Hydroprogne caspia
  2 (40.00%)
• Whiskered Tern
  Chlidonias hybrida
  2 (40.00%)
• Australian Pelican
  Pelecanus conspicillatus
  4 (80.00%)
• White-necked Heron
  Ardea pacifica
  1 (20.00%)
• Great Egret
  Ardea alba
  1 (20.00%)
• Intermediate Egret
  Ardea intermedia
  2 (40.00%)
• White-faced Heron
  Egretta novaehollandiae
  2 (40.00%)
• Straw-necked Ibis
  Threskiornis spinicollis
  1 (20.00%)
• Glossy Ibis
  Plegadis falcinellus
  2 (40.00%)
• Little Pied Cormorant
  Microcarbo melanoleucos
  3 (60.00%)
• Great Cormorant
  Phalacrocorax carbo
  1 (20.00%)
• Little Black Cormorant
  Phalacrocorax sulcirostris
  3 (60.00%)
• Australasian Darter
  Anhinga novaehollandiae
  4 (80.00%)
• Whistling Kite
  Haliastur sphenurus
  5 (100.00%)
• Black Kite
  Milvus migrans
  3 (60.00%)
• Rainbow Bee-eater
  Merops ornatus
  1 (20.00%)
• Galah
  Eolophus roseicapilla
  5 (100.00%)
• Little Corella
  Cacatua sanguinea
  1 (20.00%)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
  Cacatua galerita
  1 (20.00%)
• Red-winged Parrot
  Aprosmictus erythropterus
  2 (40.00%)
• Varied Lorikeet
  Psitteuteles versicolor
  2 (40.00%)
• Spotted Bowerbird
  Ptilonorhynchus maculatus
  1 (20.00%)
• Great Bowerbird
  Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis
  1 (20.00%)
• Variegated Fairy-wren
  Malurus lamberti
  1 (20.00%)
• Silver-crowned Friarbird
  Philemon argenticeps
  1 (20.00%)
• Little Friarbird
  Philemon citreogularis
  1 (20.00%)
• Brown Honeyeater
  Lichmera indistincta
  3 (60.00%)
• Crimson Chat
  Epthianura tricolor
  1 (20.00%)
• Singing Honeyeater
  Gavicalis virescens
  1 (20.00%)
• Grey-headed Honeyeater
  Ptilotula keartlandi
  1 (20.00%)
• Grey-fronted Honeyeater
  Ptilotula plumula
  3 (60.00%)
• White-plumed Honeyeater
  Ptilotula penicillata
  2 (40.00%)
• Yellow-throated Miner
  Manorina flavigula
  3 (60.00%)
• Striated Pardalote
  Pardalotus striatus
  1 (20.00%)
• Weebill
  Smicrornis brevirostris
  4 (80.00%)
• Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike
  Coracina novaehollandiae
  1 (20.00%)
• Rufous Whistler
  Pachycephala rufiventris
  1 (20.00%)
• Grey Shrike-thrush
  Colluricincla harmonica
  2 (40.00%)
• Olive-backed Oriole
  Oriolus sagittatus
  1 (20.00%)
• Pied Butcherbird
  Cracticus nigrogularis
  2 (40.00%)
• Black-faced Woodswallow
  Artamus cinereus
  1 (20.00%)
• Willie Wagtail
  Rhipidura leucophrys
  4 (80.00%)
• Little Crow
  Corvus bennetti
  1 (20.00%)
• Australian Raven
  Corvus coronoides
  2 (40.00%)
• Restless Flycatcher
  Myiagra inquieta
  2 (40.00%)
• Magpie-lark
  Grallina cyanoleuca
  5 (100.00%)
• Mistletoebird
  Dicaeum hirundinaceum
  1 (20.00%)
• Zebra Finch
  Taeniopygia guttata
  1 (20.00%)
• Double-barred Finch
  Taeniopygia bichenovii
  1 (20.00%)
• Welcome Swallow
  Hirundo neoxena
  2 (40.00%)