Bronzewing Reserve open area Vic

Survey PointBronzewing Reserve open area Vic
Latitude-35.2155600 (35° 12′ 56″ S)
Longitude142.3155600 (142° 18′ 56″ E)

About 10km south of Ouyen the Calder and Sunraysia Hwys meet, just south on the Sunraysia, Steele Rd crosses the railway line, Baker Rd heads south just over the railway line and turns into Merrett Rd that runs along the north edge of the reserve. There is a fire break track that runs parallel to Merrett Rd in the reserve, find a spot where you can bush bash your way through to it, the best spot is a few yards or so before the fire track in the reserve turns south, there is a spot here where other people have driven through, so you shouldn’t have to literally bush bash, but it isn’t marked. Once found this can be a gem of a place to camp with a lovely open area surrounded by Mallee about 2km into the reserve. 4wd is necessary to get over the sand dunes on the fire track, so this is no place for caravans.

Camp rating 9, it’s a great place to camp but no facilities

Surveys done 4

Blogs, see main page:

Calder Hwy, Sunset NP, Silver City Hwy, Sturt NP, Strzelecki track, Danggali, Ngarkat, Coorong 2013/14

Birdsville track and Cape York trip 2015

Mallee Cliffs NP, Byron Bay, Plenty Hwy, Great Central Road 2025

  • Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 1 (25.00%)
  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 2 (50.00%)
  • Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis 1 (25.00%)
  • Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus 1 (25.00%)
  • Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus 1 (25.00%)
  • Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus 1 (25.00%)
  • Wedge-tailed Eagle Aquila audax 1 (25.00%)
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 1 (25.00%)
  • Brown Falcon Falco berigora 1 (25.00%)
  • Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 2 (50.00%)
  • Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus 1 (25.00%)
  • Mulga Parrot Psephotellus varius 3 (75.00%)
  • Splendid Fairy-wren Malurus splendens 1 (25.00%)
  • Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater Acanthagenys rufogularis 3 (75.00%)
  • Red Wattlebird Anthochaera carunculata 1 (25.00%)
  • Singing Honeyeater Gavicalis virescens 1 (25.00%)
  • Yellow-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula ornata 3 (75.00%)
  • White-fronted Honeyeater Purnella albifrons 1 (25.00%)
  • Spotted Pardalote Pardalotus punctatus 2 (50.00%)
  • Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 2 (50.00%)
  • Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 3 (75.00%)
  • Yellow-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza chrysorrhoa 1 (25.00%)
  • Chestnut-rumped Thornbill Acanthiza uropygialis 2 (50.00%)
  • White-browed Babbler Pomatostomus superciliosus 1 (25.00%)
  • Varied Sittella Daphoenositta chrysoptera 1 (25.00%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 1 (25.00%)
  • White-winged Triller Lalage tricolor 1 (25.00%)
  • Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 4 (100.00%)
  • Grey Currawong Strepera versicolor 1 (25.00%)
  • Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 3 (75.00%)
  • Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 1 (25.00%)
  • Masked Woodswallow Artamus personatus 1 (25.00%)
  • White-browed Woodswallow Artamus superciliosus 1 (25.00%)
  • Dusky Woodswallow Artamus cyanopterus 1 (25.00%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 3 (75.00%)
  • Little Raven Corvus mellori 1 (25.00%)
  • Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 2 (50.00%)
  • Restless Flycatcher Myiagra inquieta 2 (50.00%)
  • Jacky Winter Microeca fascinans 1 (25.00%)
2025