Newman Rocks WA

Survey Point Newman Rocks WA
Latitude-32.1142100 (32° 6′ 51″ S)
Longitude123.1715400 (123° 10′ 18″ E)

On the Eyre Hwy about 77km NW of Balladonia a small signposted track leads north from a rest stop to the rock. There is a rockhole here that has been dammed and may hold water, but it is accessed by stock. The habitat around is sparse and patchy.

camp rating 7, 8 if there’s water in the rockhole. This is a large area available for free camping but with no facilities.

Surveys done 5

Blogs see main page archives:

Broome to Melbourne via Port Hedland Karijini NP Mt Augustus NP Kennedy Ranges NP Nullarbor Menindee Lakes 2019

Shark Bay, Mt Augustus, Gibb River Rd, Purnululu(Bungles),Stuart Hwy, Eyre Hwy 2023

Perth to Melbourne 2023

Victoria, The Coorong, Flinders Ranges, Oodnadatta Track, Newhaven, Mt Augustus, Kennedy Range NP 2024

Perth to Tasmania 2024/5

  • Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 1 (20.00%)
  • Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius 1 (20.00%)
  • Blue-breasted Fairy-wren Malurus pulcherrimus 1 (20.00%)
  • Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 2 (40.00%)
  • Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 3 (60.00%)
  • Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 3 (60.00%)
  • White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons 2 (40.00%)
  • Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 2 (40.00%)
  • Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 2 (40.00%)
  • Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus 1 (20.00%)
  • White-browed Scrubwren Sericornis frontalis 1 (20.00%)
  • Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 3 (60.00%)
  • Inland Thornbill Acanthiza apicalis 2 (40.00%)
  • White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus 1 (20.00%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 1 (20.00%)
  • Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor 2 (40.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 1 (20.00%)
  • Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 3 (60.00%)
  • Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 2 (40.00%)
  • Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1 (20.00%)
2019
2023 where’s Ollie?
Grey Currawong