Survey Point | Little River Carpentaria Hwy NT |
Latitude | -16.7002800 (16° 42′ 1″ S) |
Longitude | 135.6375000 (135° 38′ 15″ E) |
About 8km west of Cape Crawford. There is a permanent waterhole to the south of the bridge and good woodland alongside it, away from the water there is not much to see. There is a small free camping area on the east side of the river with no facilities.
Camp rating 8 This is a small free campsite that is right next to the highway with no facilities
Surveys done 4
Blogs:
Stuart Hwy, Tablelands Hwy, Kakadu, Flinders Ranges 08-09
Grasswren surveys and N Queensland 2017
Pink-eared Duck Malacorhynchus membranaceus 1 (25.00%)
Hardhead Aythya australis 1 (25.00%)
Pacific Black Duck Anas superciliosa 1 (25.00%)
Brown Quail Synoicus ypsilophora 2 (50.00%)
Diamond DovemGeopelia cuneata 3 (75.00%)
Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 4 (100.00%)
Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 1 (25.00%)
Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 1 (25.00%)
Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 2 (50.00%)
Australian Bustard Ardeotis australis 1 (25.00%)
Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio 1 (25.00%)
Black-fronted Dotterel Elseyornis melanops 1 (25.00%)
Black Bittern Ixobrychus flavicollis 1 (25.00%)
White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 2 (50.00%)
Australasian Darter Anhinga novaehollandiae 1 (25.00%)
Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 2 (50.00%)
Black Kite Milvus migrans 2 (50.00%)
Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 1 (25.00%)
Dollarbird Eurystomus orientalis 1 (25.00%)
Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 3 (75.00%)
Red-backed Kingfisher Todiramphus pyrrhopygius 1 (25.00%)
Brown Falcon Falco berigora 1 (25.00%)
Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 1 (25.00%)
Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 1 (25.00%)
Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 1 (25.00%)
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 1 (25.00%)
Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis 1 (25.00%)
Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 2 (50.00%)
Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti 1 (25.00%)
Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 1 (25.00%)
Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 2 (50.00%)
Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 1 (25.00%)
White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor 2 (50.00%)
Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens 1 (25.00%)
Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 2 (50.00%)
Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 2 (50.00%)
White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 2 (50.00%)
Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 3 (75.00%)
Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 2 (50.00%)
Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 2 (50.00%)
Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 1 (25.00%)
White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 3 (75.00%)
Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 3 (75.00%)
Torresian Crow Corvus orru 3 (75.00%)
Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 4 (100.00%)
Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 3 (75.00%)
Apostlebird Struthidea cinerea 3 (75.00%)
Masked Finch Poephila personata 1 (25.00%)
Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda 1 (25.00%)
Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 1 (25.00%)
Gouldian Finch Chloebia gouldiae 1 (25.00%)
Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 1 (25.00%)
Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1 (25.00%)