Pioneer Beach Cox Peninsula NT

Survey PointPioneer Beach Cox Peninsula NT
Latitude-12.6877778 (12° 41′ 16″ S)
Longitude130.6397222 (130° 38′ 23″ E)

About 36km west of Tumbling Waters on the Cox Peninsula Rd, Bynoe Harbour Access Rd heads west, about 6km along that, the track to Pioneer Settlement heads SW, it’s unmarked, 4wd is just about necessary to make your way down the long track to the settlement of humpies. There’s a small beach here with mangroves on either side, the scrub is a bit tired around the settlement. There are no facilities here.

Camp rating 7 there is no established camp here, the best spot is to the north of the track that runs along the beach

Surveys done 2

Blogs:

SA coast, Stuart Hwy, Central Australia, East Kimberley, Darwin region, Kakadu NP, Barkly Hwy, inland NE Qld 2017

Keep River NP Kakadu NP Darwin region 2021

  • Orange-footed Scrubfowl Megapodius reinwardt 1 (50.00%)
  • Peaceful Dove Geopelia placida 1 (50.00%)
  • Bar-shouldered Dove Geopelia humeralis 1 (50.00%)
  • Beach Stone-curlew Esacus magnirostris 1 (50.00%)
  • Masked Lapwing Vanellus miles 1 (50.00%)
  • Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 2 (100.00%)
  • Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus 1 (50.00%)
  • Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 2 (100.00%)
  • Grey-tailed Tattler Tringa brevipes 1 (50.00%)
  • Little Tern Sternula albifrons 1 (50.00%)
  • Striated Heron Butorides striata 1 (50.00%)
  • Great-billed Heron Ardea sumatrana 1 (50.00%)
  • Eastern Reef Egret Egretta sacra 1 (50.00%)
  • White-bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster 1 (50.00%)
  • Brahminy Kite Haliastur indus 1 (50.00%)
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 1 (50.00%)
  • Sacred Kingfisher Todiramphus sanctus 1 (50.00%)
  • Blue-winged Kookaburra Dacelo leachii 1 (50.00%)
  • Little Corella Cacatua sanguinea 1 (50.00%)
  • Red-collared Lorikeet Trichoglossus rubritorquis 1 (50.00%)
  • Red-headed Honeyeater Myzomela erythrocephala 1 (50.00%)
  • Silver-crowned Friarbird Philemon argenticeps 1 (50.00%)
  • White-throated Honeyeater Melithreptus albogularis 1 (50.00%)
  • Rufous-banded Honeyeater Conopophila albogularis 1 (50.00%)
  • White-bellied Cuckoo-shrike Coracina papuensis 1 (50.00%)
  • Olive-backed Oriole Oriolus sagittatus 1 (50.00%)
  • Yellow Oriole Oriolus flavocinctus 1 (50.00%)
  • White-breasted Woodswallow Artamus leucorynchus 1 (50.00%)
  • Torresian Crow Corvus orru 2 (100.00%)
  • Leaden Flycatcher Myiagra rubecula 1 (50.00%)
Mangroves at Pioneer Beach 2017
2017
White-bellied Sea Eagle