Innamincka Regional Reserve South Australia

A few images from 3 trips to this special area, 2017, 2018 & 2020 - is a work in progress as I have so many images from this area.

Innamincka Regional Reserve is a park of contrasts. Covering more than 1.3 million hectares of land, ranging from the life-giving wetlands of the Cooper Creek system to the stark arid outback, the reserve also sustains a large commercial beef cattle enterprise, and oil and gas fields.

The heritage-listed Innamincka Regional Reserve park headquarters and interpretation centre gives an insight into the natural history of the area, Aboriginal people, European settlement and Australia's most famous explorers, Burke and Wills.

From the interpretation centre, visit the sites where Burke and Wills died, and the historic Dig Tree site (QLD) which once played a significant part in their ill-fated expedition.

Shaded by the gums, the waterholes provide a relaxing place for a spot of fishing or explore the creek further by canoe or boat.

Grey Falcon Falco hypoleucos, The Grey Falcon is a medium-sized, compact, pale falcon with a heavy, thick-set, deep-chested appearance. It is smaller than the Peregrine Falcon but similar in shape and flight, although with longer wings.

Male and Female ***Grey FalconFalco hypoleucos***

Crested Pigeon, Ocyphaps lophotes Columbidae

Black-faced Woodswallow, Artamus cinereus Artamidae

Cinnamon Quail-thrush, Cinclosoma cinnamomeum

White-winged Fairy-wren, Malurus leucopterus Maluridae

Red-capped Robin, Petroica goodenovii Petroicidae

Yellow-throated Miner, Manorina flavigula Meliphagidae

Chirruping Wedgebil, lPsophodes cristatus

Australasian Pipit, Anthus novaeseelandiae Motacillidae

Red-necked Avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Recurvirostridae

White-backed Swallow, Cheramoeca leucosterna

Little Corella's, Cacatua sanguinea Cacatuidae

Wedge-tailed Eagle, Aquila audax Accipitridae

White-winged Fairy-wren, Malurus leucopterus, Maluridae
Australia’s fairy-wrens have the reputation of being brightly coloured, and the White-winged Fairy-wren is one of the most striking. Males of the species are virtually entirely bright-cobalt blue, except for their wings, which are, as the name suggests, gleaming white. That is the case over most of the species’ range, which extends across much of the inland regions of mainland Australia, as well as semi-arid coastlines.

Dingoes are Australia's wild dog. They arrived in Australia about 5,000 years ago - brought to Australian shores by Indonesian Seafarers. Dingoes do not bark, but howl like wolves.

The inland taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus), also commonly known as the western taipan, or the fierce snake, is the most venomous snake in the world, ...

The eastern *brown snake* (Pseudonaja textilis), often referred to as the common *brown snake*, is a species of highly venomous snake in the family Elapidae.

The *Mulga snake* (Pseudechis australis) is a highly venomous snake native to Australia

The *woma* python (Aspidites ramsayi), also known commonly as Ramsay's python, the sand python, and simply the *woma*

Innamincka Regional Reserve Visitor Information Centre

Innamincka is 1046km from Adelaide. Access is via the Strzelecki Track via Leigh Creek.

https://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/find-a-park/Browse_by_region/flinders-ranges-outback/innamincka-regional-reserve
Phone: (+61 8) 8675 9909
Email: DesertParks@sa.gov.au
After hours Regional Duty officer: 0408 378 284