Blue Lake National Park

Blue Lake
The undeveloped shores surrounding the lake are very natural
Location	North Stradbroke Island, Queensland
Coordinates	27°31′51″S 153°28′36″E / 27.5309°S 153.4768°E / -27.5309; 153.4768 (Blue Lake)
Type	Window lake
Basin countries	Australia

Surface area	7.3 ha (18 acres)
Max. depth	9.4 m (31 ft)

Blue Lake National Park is a national park in Queensland, Australia, 44 kilometres (27 mi) east of Brisbane on North Stradbroke Island. Access is provided by road 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) west of Dunwich. Camping, open fires, and domestic animals are not permitted in the park.

Blue Lake

The park's main features is Blue Lake which is known as a "window lake"^[1] and is just under 10 metres (33 ft) deep when full. It is home to the southern sun fish. Water from the lake overflows into the Eighteen Mile Swamp. The aboriginal name for Blue Lake is Karboora.

Environmental studies have revealed the lake has been uniquely stable for thousands of years.^[2] Blue Lake was the focus for research on environmental change in which numerous indicators such as water discharge, water quality, pollen and algae samples were examined to understand the history of the lake.

Walking Tracks

From Blue Lake Car Park the Class 4 Neembeeba Lookout track covers six km return. The Karboora (Blue Lake) track, which 5.2 km in length is a Class 3 walking track.

Tortoise Lagoon

The ephemeral Tortoise Lagoon is also found in the national park. This small perched lake was 1.4 metres deep in 1974 when it filled.

Fact sheet

Area: 5 km²
Coordinates: 27°31′21″S 153°28′36″E / 27.52250°S 153.47667°E / -27.52250; 153.47667Coordinates: 27°31′21″S 153°28′36″E / 27.52250°S 153.47667°E / -27.52250; 153.47667
Date of establishment: 1962
Managing authorities: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
IUCN category: II

References

↑ Hydrology of North Stradbroke Island Archived 4 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine., March 2006, (accessed 16 September 2009)
↑ Margaret Scheikowski (4 June 2013). "Qld lake found to be 'climate refuge'". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved 4 June 2013.

External links

Media related to Blue Lake National Park at Wikimedia Commons

South East Queensland, Queensland
Local government areas	Brisbane Gold Coast Ipswich Logan Moreton Bay Noosa Redland Sunshine Coast
Major urban centres	Brisbane Gold Coast Sunshine Coast
Towns	Beenleigh Caboolture Caloundra Ipswich Nambour Springfield
National parks	Bellthorpe Blue Lake Bribie Island Burleigh Head Conondale D'Aguilar Deer Reserve Dularcha Esk Eudlo Creek Ferntree Creek Fort Lytton Freshwater Gatton Glass House Mountains Kondalilla Lamington Lockyer Main Range Mapleton Falls Mooloolah River Moogerah Peaks Moreton Island Mount Barney Mount Chinghee Mount Coolum Mount Pinbarren Nicoll Scrub Noosa Nerang Ravensbourne Sarabah Southern Moreton Bay Islands St Helena Island Springbrook Tamborine Teerk Roo Ra Tewantin Triunia Venman Bushland Wickham Moreton Bay Marine Park
Places of interest	Blackall Range Bribie Island Conondale Range Cunninghams Gap D'Aguilar Range Glass House Mountains Moreton Bay Moreton Island Scenic Rim South Stradbroke Island Tamborine Mountain Teviot Range Wivenhoe Dam

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