Temple Gorge Kennedy NP WA

Survey Point Temple Gorge Kennedy NP WA
Latitude-24.6614700 (24° 39′ 41″ S)
Longitude115.1738500 (115° 10′ 26″ E)

Access is along Kilili Rd about 60km north of Gascoyne Junction. The walk up this gorge splits at the base of the temple, with the right hand branch being a scramble over rocks to a small water hole, the left hand is easier but with usually no waterhole. There is good habitat in the gorge’s defile and up the ramparts below the cliffs. We were camp hosts here in June 2024.

Camp rating 7 fees are payable May to September, there is a toilet here

Surveys done 19

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

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

  • Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 7 (36.84%)
  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 14 (73.68%) (B)
  • Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 13 (68.42%)
  • Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 10 (52.63%)
  • Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans 4 (21.05%)
  • Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus 8 (42.11%)
  • Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides 1 (5.26%)
  • Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus 1 (5.26%)
  • Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus 10 (52.63%)
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 7 (36.84%)
  • Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus 1 (5.26%)
  • Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 15 (78.95%)
  • Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 1 (5.26%)
  • Brown Falcon Falco berigora 1 (5.26%)
  • Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus 1 (5.26%)
  • Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 1 (5.26%)
  • Western Bowerbird Chlamydera guttata 2 (10.53%)
  • Variegated Fairy-wren Malurus lamberti 8 (42.11%)
  • Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens 1 (5.26%)
  • White-winged Fairy-wren Malurus leucopterus 2 (10.53%)
  • Crimson Chat Epthianura tricolor 6 (31.58%)
  • Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 16 (84.21%) (B)
  • Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 12 (63.16%)
  • White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons 2 (10.53%)
  • Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 1 (5.26%)
  • Western Gerygone Gerygone fusca 13 (68.42%)
  • Redthroat Pyrrholaemus brunneus 13 (68.42%)
  • Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis 13 (68.42%) (B)
  • Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 5 (26.32%)
  • White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus 13 (68.42%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 1 (5.26%)
  • White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 9 (47.37%)
  • Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 15 (78.95%)
  • Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 17 (89.47%)
  • Crested Bellbird Oreoica gutturalis 14 (73.68%)
  • Chiming Wedgebill Psophodes occidentalis 13 (68.42%)
  • Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 3 (15.79%)
  • Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 18 (94.74%)
  • Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus 2 (10.53%)
  • Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 11 (57.89%)
  • Little Woodswallow Artamus minor 3 (15.79%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 9 (47.37%)
  • Grey Fantail Rhipidura albiscapa 13 (68.42%)
  • Torresian Crow Corvus orru 14 (73.68%)
  • Little Crow Corvus bennetti 2 (10.53%)
  • Red-capped Robin Petroica goodenovii 15 (78.95%)
  • Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans 1 (5.26%)
  • Zebra Finch Taeniopygia castanotis 8 (42.11%)
  • Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 1 (5.26%)
  • Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1 (5.26%)
Temple Gorge
2023 where’s Ollie?
wasp on water
A sheen of water small water plants on the clay pan a few days after rain 2024