Ross and Lock picnic area Qld

Survey Point Ross and Lock picnic area Qld
Latitude -17.1422200 (17° 8′ 32″ S)
Longitude 145.7408300 (145° 44′ 27″ E)

This site is just off the Gillies Range Rd by the Mulgrave River, about 6km SW of Gordonvale. there are a lot of tracks, there is some remnant rainforest, but it’s a weed infested area, and popular with picnickers.

Camp rating 6 this is a free camping area with no facilities, there are a number of areas to camp here including in the riverbed

Surveys done 3

Blogs:

Birdsville track and Cape York trip 2015

Grasswren surveys and N Queensland 2017

  • Orange-footed Scrubfowl
    Megapodius reinwardt
    1 (33.33%)
  • Peaceful Dove
    Geopelia placida
    3 (100.00%)
  • Bar-shouldered Dove
    Geopelia humeralis
    1 (33.33%)
  • Australian Swiftlet
    Aerodramus terraereginae
    1 (33.33%)
  • Masked Lapwing
    Vanellus miles
    1 (33.33%)
  • Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
    Cacatua galerita
    1 (33.33%)
  • Rainbow Lorikeet
    Trichoglossus moluccanus
    1 (33.33%)
  • Red-backed Fairy-wren
    Malurus melanocephalus
    2 (66.67%)
  • Dusky Honeyeater
    Myzomela obscura
    2 (66.67%)
  • Helmeted Friarbird
    Philemon buceroides
    1 (33.33%)
  • Brown Honeyeater
    Lichmera indistincta
    2 (66.67%)
  • Yellow Honeyeater
    Stomiopera flava
    2 (66.67%)
  • Lewin’s Honeyeater
    Meliphaga lewinii
    1 (33.33%)
  • Yellow-spotted Honeyeater
    Meliphaga notata
    1 (33.33%)
  • Fairy Gerygone
    Gerygone palpebrosa
    1 (33.33%)
  • Large-billed Gerygone
    Gerygone magnirostris
    1 (33.33%)
  • Varied Triller
    Lalage leucomela
    1 (33.33%)
  • Golden Whistler
    Pachycephala pectoralis
    1 (33.33%)
  • Little Shrike-thrush
    Colluricincla megarhyncha
    1 (33.33%)
  • Australasian Figbird
    Sphecotheres vieilloti
    1 (33.33%)
  • Olive-backed Oriole
    Oriolus sagittatus
    1 (33.33%)
  • Yellow Oriole
    Oriolus flavocinctus
    3 (100.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail
    Rhipidura leucophrys
    2 (66.67%)
  • Grey Fantail
    Rhipidura fuliginosa
    1 (33.33%)
  • Magpie-lark
    Grallina cyanoleuca
    1 (33.33%)
  • Lemon-bellied Flycatcher
    Microeca flavigaster
    1 (33.33%)
  • Olive-backed Sunbird
    Cinnyris jugularis
    1 (33.33%)
  • Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
    Lonchura castaneothorax
    1 (33.33%)
  • Red-browed Finch
    Neochmia temporalis
    1 (33.33%)
  • Welcome Swallow
    Hirundo neoxena
    1 (33.33%)
  • Silvereye
    Zosterops lateralis
    2 (66.67%)