Survey Point | Messent CP SW corner SA |
Latitude | -36.1075000 (36° 6′ 27″ S) |
Longitude | 139.7088900 (139° 42′ 32″ E) |
Access is from Salt Creek along Salt Creek Rd. The site takes in the SW corner of the CP where SaltCreek Rd does a 90 degree turn to run along the south edge of the park. The surrounding farmland is cleared to the west and seems to be regenerating to the south. The park’s habitat is excellent.
camp rating 5 there is no established camp here, and is best suited for short term self contained vehicles by the side of the quiet road.
Surveys done 3
Blogs, see main page archives:
Calder Hwy, Sunset NP, Silver City Hwy, Sturt NP, Strzelecki track, Danggali, Ngarkat, Coorong 2013/14
SA coast, Stuart Hwy, Central Australia, East Kimberley, Darwin region, Kakadu NP, Barkly Hwy, inland NE Qld 2017
- Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 1 (33.33%)
- Brush Bronzewing Phaps elegans 1 (33.33%)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis 1 (33.33%)
- Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 1 (33.33%)
- Brown Falcon Falco berigora 2 (66.67%)
- Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 2 (66.67%)
- Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius 3 (100.00%)
- Superb Fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus 3 (100.00%)
- Southern Emu-wren Stipiturus malachurus 1 (33.33%)
- New Holland Honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae 3 (100.00%)
- Brown-headed Honeyeater Melithreptus brevirostris 1 (33.33%)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 1 (33.33%)
- Little Wattlebird Anthochaera chrysoptera 1 (33.33%)
- Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata 2 (66.67%)
- Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 2 (66.67%)
- Purple-gaped Honeyeater Lichenostomus cratitius 2 (66.67%)
- Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 1 (33.33%)
- Shy Heathwren Calamanthus cautus 1 (33.33%)
- Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 2 (66.67%)
- Striated Thornbill Acanthiza lineata 1 (33.33%)
- Brown Thornbill Acanthiza pusilla 3 (100.00%)
- Golden Whistler Pachycephala pectoralis 1 (33.33%)
- Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 2 (66.67%)
- Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor 1 (33.33%)
- Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 3 (100.00%)
- Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 2 (66.67%)
- Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 3 (100.00%)
- Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa 3 (100.00%)
- Little Raven Corvus mellori 2 (66.67%)
- Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 1 (33.33%)
- Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 1 (33.33%)
- Scarlet Robin Petroica boodang 1 (33.33%)
- Southern Scrub-robin Drymodes brunneopygia 1 (33.33%)
- Eurasian Skylark Alauda arvensis 1 (33.33%)
- Welcome Swallow Hirundo neoxena 1 (33.33%)
- Silvereye Zosterops lateralis 1 (33.33%)
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris 1 (33.33%)

