Lake Joondalup

Lake Joondalup

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Location Western Australia
Coordinates 31°45′32″S 115°47′31″E / 31.759°S 115.792°ECoordinates: 31°45′32″S 115°47′31″E / 31.759°S 115.792°E
Basin countries Australia

Lake Joondalup is a medium sized freshwater lake in Perth, Western Australia. It is in the Perth northern suburbs of Joondalup, Wanneroo, and Edgewater. It is a nature reserve and part of the Yellagonga Regional Park.

Features

Lake Joondalup has several islands, and a large sandbank during the dry summer months. It has a lot of wildlife including turtles, ducks and many other birds. Most of the banks are either swampland or reeds.

Attractions

Significant natural attractions include Neil Hawkins Park, Joondalup and Picnic Cove, and Edgewater.[1] Neil Hawkins Park, was named after a chairman of the former Metropolitan Region Planning Authority, and is a popular family park for tourists as well as locals. There is a small jetty over the lake and visitors can feed birds (although this practise is now discouraged), and have a barbecue.

Wildlife

The areas around Lake Joondalup are home to many birds, including waterbirds on the lake. The reserve lies within the Northern Swan Coastal Plain Important Bird Area, so identified by BirdLife International because of its importance in supporting several thousand Short-billed Black Cockatoos during the non-breeding season.[2] It is also home to many types of frog.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.joondalup.wa.gov.au/Explore/ParksAndReserves.aspx
  2. ↑ BirdLife International (2011) Important Bird Areas factsheet: Northern Swan Coastal Plain. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 2011-09-03.

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