Belinda Spring - QLD

Belinda Spring is just 10 m from the carpark. Sparkling clear water flows out from under a rock ledge and 40 m down a ferny slope to a sandy creekbed joining the Nogoa 100 m later.The soft murmur of water running over the rocks can be heard at Belinda Spring. Cool, clear water is sheltered by clusters of ferns - a contrast to the surrounding dry, sandy countryside. Permanent water and denser vegetation provide a haven for frogs and fish as well as the molluscs, freshwater prawns, aquatic insect larvae and other aquatic invertebrates on which they feed. Larger animals, including egrets and herons, visit the spring. Red-backed fairy-wrens and plum-headed finches hide among the foliage.