Timber Creek Airstrip NT

Survey PointTimber Creek Airstrip NT
Latitude-15.6212000 (15° 37′ 16″ S)
Longitude130.4491000 (130° 26′ 57″ E)

About 5km west of Timber Creek along the Victoria Hwy, the airstrip is down a small track to the north, just before the signpost to the tip and lookout. It is about a 2km walk around the perimeter track around the outside of the airfield. Please do not enter the airfield or block the entrance gate. There is excellent habitat around the edge of the strip with a wetland that lasts well into the dry season between the strip and the road.

No camping allowed here

Surveys done 12

Blogs see main page archives:

Melbourne to Timber Creek NT via Sturt NP, Ranken Rd, Barkly Stock Route, Buchanan Hwy 2020

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

  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 1 (8.33%)
  • Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 1 (8.33%)
  • Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 10 (83.33%)
  • Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 10 (83.33%)
  • Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 3 (25.00%)
  • Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis 2 (16.67%)
  • Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae 1 (8.33%)
  • Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis 4 (33.33%) (B)
  • Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus 3 (25.00%)
  • Brolga Antigone rubicunda 3 (25.00%) (B)
  • Oriental Plover Charadrius veredus 1 (8.33%)
  • Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 4 (33.33%) (B)
  • Red-chested Button-quail Turnix pyrrhothorax 3 (25.00%)
  • Little Button-quail Turnix velox 2 (16.67%)
  • Australian Pratincole Stiltia isabella 2 (16.67%)
  • Black-necked Stork Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus 1 (8.33%)
  • White-faced Heron Egretta novaehollandiae 2 (16.67%)
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 1 (8.33%)
  • Spotted Harrier Circus assimilis 1 (8.33%)
  • Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 1 (8.33%)
  • Collared Sparrowhawk Accipiter cirrocephalus 1 (8.33%)
  • Whistling Kite Haliastur sphenurus 7 (58.33%)
  • Black Kite Milvus migrans 8 (66.67%)
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 5 (41.67%)
  • Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 3 (25.00%)
  • Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 4 (33.33%)
  • Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 1 (8.33%)
  • Brown Falcon Falco berigora 4 (33.33%) (B)
  • Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus 5 (41.67%)
  • Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 1 (8.33%)
  • Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 5 (41.67%)
  • Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 10 (83.33%)
  • Red-winged Parrot Aprosmictus erythropterus 2 (16.67%)
  • Varied Lorikeet Psitteuteles versicolor 1 (8.33%)
  • Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis 3 (25.00%)
  • Budgerigar Melopsittacus undulatus 1 (8.33%)
  • Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 4 (33.33%)
  • Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 7 (58.33%)
  • Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps 1 (8.33%)
  • Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 7 (58.33%)
  • Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis 2 (16.67%)
  • Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 10 (83.33%)
  • Black-chinned Honeyeater Melithreptus gularis 2 (16.67%)
  • White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis 1 (8.33%)
  • Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 7 (58.33%)
  • White-gaped Honeyeater Stomiopera unicolor 6 (50.00%)
  • Yellow-tinted Honeyeater Ptilotula flavescens 4 (33.33%)
  • Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 5 (41.67%)
  • Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera 2 (16.67%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 4 (33.33%)
  • White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 4 (33.33%)
  • White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 10 (83.33%)
  • Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 6 (50.00%)
  • Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 8 (66.67%)
  • Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 9 (75.00%) (B)
  • White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 1 (8.33%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 10 (83.33%)
  • Torresian Crow Corvus orru 9 (75.00%)
  • Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 7 (58.33%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 11 (91.67%)
  • Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans 1 (8.33%)
  • Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax 1 (8.33%)
  • Pictorella Mannikin Heteromunia pectoralis 2 (16.67%) (B)
  • Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton 2 (16.67%)
  • Star Finch Neochmia ruficauda 5 (41.67%)
  • Masked Finch Poephila personata 9 (75.00%)
  • Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda 4 (33.33%)
  • Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 6 (50.00%)
  • Gouldian Finch Chloebia gouldiae 3 (25.00%)
  • Australasian Pipit Anthus novaeseelandiae 2 (16.67%)
  • Horsfield’s Bushlark Mirafra javanica 9 (75.00%)
  • Golden-headed Cisticola Cisticola exilis 10 (83.33%)
  • Brown Songlark Cincloramphus cruralis 1 (8.33%)
  • Fairy Martin Petrochelidon ariel 2 (16.67%)
  • Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1 (8.33%)
Star Finches
Pictorella Mannikin juvenile
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin