Goorrandalng Camp Keep River NP NT

Survey PointGoorrandalng camp Keep River NP NT
Latitude-15.8756200 (15° 52′ 32″ S)
Longitude129.0514200 (129° 3′ 5″ E)

About 23km north of the Victoria Hwy on dirt roads the campsite is signposted off the road. There is a magnificent short walk up under the nearby sandstone cliffs with spectacular vistas of the area. If there’s water in the creek just before camp it is the best birding spot.

Camp rating 7 with fees, this is a small camp that can get busy in season, and may not be accessible due to wet season damage

Surveys done 3

Blogs:

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

Keep River NP Kakadu NP Darwin region 2021

Western Australia 2021

  • White-quilled Rock-Pigeon Petrophassa albipennis 3 (100.00%) (B)
  • Diamond Dove Geopelia cuneata 1 (33.33%)
  • Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 3 (100.00%)
  • Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus 2 (66.67%)
  • Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides 2 (66.67%)
  • Spotted Nightjar Eurostopodus argus 1 (33.33%)
  • Bush Stone-curlew Burhinus grallarius 1 (33.33%)
  • Little Button-quail Turnix velox 1 (33.33%)
  • White-necked Heron Ardea pacifica 1 (33.33%)
  • Grey Goshawk Accipiter novaehollandiae 1 (33.33%)
  • Brown Goshawk Accipiter fasciatus 1 (33.33%)
  • Black Kite Milvus migrans 1 (33.33%)
  • Southern Boobook Ninox boobook 1 (33.33%)
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 3 (100.00%)
  • Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 3 (100.00%)
  • Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus banksii 2 (66.67%)
  • Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 1 (33.33%)
  • Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 1 (33.33%)
  • Great Bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis 3 (100.00%)
  • Red-backed Fairy-wren Malurus melanocephalus 1 (33.33%)
  • Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps 3 (100.00%)
  • Little Friarbird Philemon citreogularis 1 (33.33%)
  • Banded Honeyeater Cissomela pectoralis 1 (33.33%)
  • Brown Honeyeater Lichmera indistincta 3 (100.00%)
  • Blue-faced Honeyeater Entomyzon cyanotis 1 (33.33%)
  • White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis 3 (100.00%)
  • Rufous-throated Honeyeater Conopophila rufogularis 1 (33.33%)
  • Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 3 (100.00%)
  • Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 3 (100.00%)
  • Grey-crowned Babbler Pomatostomus temporalis 2 (66.67%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 2 (66.67%)
  • White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 1 (33.33%)
  • Rufous Whistler Pachycephala rufiventris 2 (66.67%)
  • Sandstone Shrike-thrush Colluricincla woodwardi 2 (66.67%)
  • Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 2 (66.67%)
  • Black-faced Woodswallow Artamus cinereus 1 (33.33%)
  • Northern Fantail Rhipidura rufiventris 1 (33.33%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 1 (33.33%)
  • Torresian Crow Corvus orru 3 (100.00%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 1 (33.33%)
  • Mistletoebird Dicaeum hirundinaceum 1 (33.33%)
  • Pictorella Mannikin Heteromunia pectoralis 1 (33.33%)
  • Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton 1 (33.33%)
  • Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda 2 (66.67%)
  • Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii 2 (66.67%)
  • Gouldian Finch Chloebia gouldiae 1 (33.33%)
2021
Pictorella Mannikin
White-quilled Rock Pigeon