- location west of Montecollina Length 200,000 m | - elevation 52 m (171 ft) - elevation 1 m (3 ft) | |
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Driving over strzelecki creek
The Strzelecki Creek, part of the Lake Eyre basin, is an ephemeral watercourse located in the Australian state of South Australia.
Contents
- Driving over strzelecki creek
- Emus at strzelecki creek campsite
- Course and features
- Etymology
- References
Emus at strzelecki creek campsite
Course and features
The Strzelecki is a distributary of Cooper Creek and branches off near the town of Innamincka and flows in a southerly direction thought the Strzelecki Desert for about 200 kilometres (120 mi) towards Lake Blanche. While being feed by the Cooper Creek, it does have its own catchment and can flow independently after ‘heavy localised storms.’ Flows on ‘exceptional’ occasions can reach Lakes Blanche, Callabonna, Frome and Gregory. Its watercourse is lined by trees, bordered by “large parallel sand ridges” and includes “a series of waterholes.”
Parts of the creek system are preserved within the Strzelecki Regional Reserve and the Strzelecki Desert Lakes Important Bird Area comprises a series of ephemeral waterbodies which attract significant numbers of a range of bird species. The former pastoral lease property Tinga Tingana straddled the creek which also passes through Blanchewater Station.
Etymology
It was named by the British explorer, Charles Sturt in 18 August 1845 after Paul Edmund de Strzelecki, the Polish scientist and explorer. Explorer Augustus Charles Gregory and his party found that following Strzelecki Creek proved to be the best way to travel through the interior from the Pacific to the Southern Ocean.