Parks and Wildlife Reserves

  • Attack Creek Historical Reserve

    Overview The Attack Creek Historical Reserve is a memorial to the explorer John McDouall Stuart. The creek is the point from which Stuart turned back from his 1860 expedition to cross the continent, after an encounter with hostile Warumunga Aboriginal people. How to Get There... Read More>>

  • Barrow Creek Telegraph Station

    Barrow Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve  Overview In 1860, John McDouall Stuart, on his return journey of his first attempt to cross Australia from South to North after reaching Attack Creek, named Barrow Creek after J H Barrow a member of the South Australian... Read More>>

  • Connells Lagoon Conservation Reserve

    Connells Lagoon Conservation Reserve  Overview Flock Bronzewing Pigeonat Connells Lagoon Read More>>

  • Davenport Ranges National Park

    Davenport Ranges National Park (Iytwellepenty) Overview The Davenport Ranges National Park (Iytwellepenty) encompasses 1120 square kilometres of the Davenport Range, and is bordered by the pastoral leases of Elkedra, Kurundi, Murray Downs, and Singleton Stations and the Anurrete ... Read More>>

  • Karlu Karlu/Devils Marbles

    Karlu Karlu / Devils Marbles Overview The Devils Marbles are known as Karlu Karlu in all four local Aboriginal languages. This remarkable site is a sacred place to Aboriginal traditional owners. An enigmatic place of breathtaking scenic beauty, the precarious piles of huge... Read More>>

  • Tennant Creek Telegraph Station...

    Tennant Creek Telegraph Station Historical Reserve Overview  Built in 1872, the Tennant Creek Telegraph Station provided a welcome refuge from the harsh and unforgiving surrounds to early settlers in the area. The Overland Telegraph Line was built along a 3,600km route from ... Read More>>