Coombabah Lake Conservation Park

Coombabah Lake Conservation Park
Queensland
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
Coombabah Lake Conservation Park
Nearest town or city Brisbane
Coordinates 27°54′34″S 153°21′7″E / 27.90944°S 153.35194°ECoordinates: 27°54′34″S 153°21′7″E / 27.90944°S 153.35194°E
Established 1997[1]
Area 1,959 ha (4,840 acres)[2]
Managing authorities
  • Gold Coast City Council (tourism)
  • Queensland National Parks and Wildlife Service (national and marine parks)
  • Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries (fish habitat areas and intertidal zones)
  • Department of Transport (marine infrastructure and passageways)
  • Department of Natural Resources and Mines waterways and leased land)
  • Environmental Protection Agency (sewerage treatment plant licenses, pollution issues, coastal plans, dredging licenses, and the Ramsar area)
Website Coombabah Lake Conservation Park
See also Protected areas of Queensland

The Coombabah Lake Conservation Park is a conservation park that is an Important Wetland in Australia, located in the Gold Coast region of South East Queensland, Australia. Part of the Coomera River catchment, Lake Coombabah is a tidal lake at the mouth of Coombabah Creek. The Coombabah wetlands are significant because they are the most southerly lake and coastal swampland representatives in the bioregion, and because the area provides significant wildlife value and refuge habitat.[2] The conservation area includes tidal marshlands and mangroves along part of the lakes edge. The Melaleuca boardwalk allows viewing of the wildlife. The mangroves are home to frogs, crabs and fish that attract native and migratory birds. There are guided bushwalking and canoeing activities as part of community conservation and environmental workshops to promote local conservation.[3]

Location and features

Situated near the suburb of Coombabah, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the coast and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northwest of Southport, the lake borders the Ivan Gibbs Wetland Reserve, is classified as a Fish Habitat Area within the Moreton Bay Marine Park and serves as an important wildlife corridor between the Nerang State Forest and the coast.[3]

The lake is fed by Coombabah Creek which rises to the west in the Nerang Forest Reserve. The Ivan Gibbs Wetlands Reserve and Lakeside Country Club golf course are both located to the south of the lake. Houses in Helensvale have been built a short distance from the lake's western shore.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Coombabah Lake Conservation Park". protectedplanet.net. 1997. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Lake Coombabah - QLD194". Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia - Information sheet. Department of the Environment, Australian Government. 10 May 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Coombabah Lakes Conservation Area". Tourism: Parks. Gold Coast City Council. Retrieved 3 December 2013.

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