Popiltah Lake SW NSW

Survey Point Popiltah Lake SW NSW
Latitude -33.1675000 (33° 10′ 3″ S)
Longitude 141.6886100 (141° 41′ 19″ E)

About 26km south of Coombah Roadhouse, Old Broken Hill Rd branches off east from the Silver City Hwy at the southern edge of the lake. A short distance down the road an unmarked track leads NE towards the lake’s edge, the site is centred about 400m along it at the edge of the woodland, where the lake proper begins. This large lake is usually dry here with some woodland around the edge. There is currently an unlocked gate to access the track.

Due to it being fenced off camping is not advised without permission.

Surveys done 3

Blogs:

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

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

  • Crested Pigeon Ocyphaps lophotes 2 (66.67%)
  • Australian Owlet-nightjar Aegotheles cristatus 1 (33.33%)
  • Black-shouldered Kite Elanus axillaris 1 (33.33%)
  • Barn Owl Tyto alba 1 (33.33%)
  • Rainbow Bee-eater Merops ornatus 1 (33.33%)
  • Nankeen Kestrel Falco cenchroides 1 (33.33%)
  • Australian Hobby Falco longipennis 1 (33.33%)
  • Galah Eolophus roseicapilla 2 (66.67%)
  • Red-rumped Parrot Psephotus haematonotus 2 (66.67%)
  • Blue Bonnet Northiella haematogaster 2 (66.67%)
  • Australian Ringneck Barnardius zonarius 1 (33.33%)
  • Brown Treecreeper Climacteris picumnus 2 (66.67%)
  • White-plumed Honeyeater Ptilotula penicillata 2 (66.67%)
  • Yellow-throated Miner Manorina flavigula 2 (66.67%)
  • Striated Pardalote Pardalotus striatus 1 (33.33%)
  • Weebill Smicrornis brevirostris 1 (33.33%)
  • Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike Coracina novaehollandiae 2 (66.67%)
  • Grey Shrike-thrush Colluricincla harmonica 1 (33.33%)
  • Australian Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 1 (33.33%)
  • Pied Butcherbird Cracticus nigrogularis 1 (33.33%)
  • Grey Butcherbird Cracticus torquatus 2 (66.67%)
  • Willie Wagtail Rhipidura leucophrys 2 (66.67%)
  • Little Raven Corvus mellori 1 (33.33%)
  • Australian Raven Corvus coronoides 2 (66.67%)
  • Magpie-lark Grallina cyanoleuca 3 (100.00%)
  • Tree Martin Petrochelidon nigricans 1 (33.33%)