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Wallum banksiaBanksia aemula
Themeda grasslandon seacliffs
and headlands is a threatened
vegetation community
Vegetation communities include
coastal heath
Humpback whaleMegaptera
novaeangliae
Middens found around the Lake are an insight into the diet of Awabakal
People
Council project
Saltmarsch rehabilitation at
Coon Island
174kmcircumference of Lake Macquarie
That’s roughly double the size of Sydney Harbour!
646274.3MLestuary volume, with an
average depth of 5.7m
LAKE
The lake has an area of approximately 110km2 covering approximately 15 per cent of the City
Fun fact
Fish make up 90% of the Osprey’s diet
photo by S. Walpole
Community project
Hunter Bird Observers Club
conduct monthly migratory shorebird
surveys
Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica
Creek lilly pillySyzygium smithii
photo by A. Kokai
Rainforest, seenhere in Olney State Forest, is a threatened community
photo by M. Eastcott
Vegetation communities
include Hunter Valley
Moist Forest
photo taken by G. Pritchard
Eastern water dragonIntellagama lesueurii
photo by R. Ingersoll
The fleshy leaves of Pigface
Carpobrotus glaucescens were
used by the Awabakal People as
a natural relief for insect bites
Council project
Dune stabilisation at Blacksmiths Beach
32kmtotal length of coastline in Lake Macquarie City
With four patrolled beaches - Redhead, Blacksmiths, Caves and Catherine Hill Bay
COAST
Fun fact
In 2015, 22 species of nudibranch were
recorded in Swansea Channel
Doriprismatica atromarginata photo by K. Tinson
Community project
Junior Landcare planting at
Blacksmiths Beach
There are four species of seagrass found in the Lake - Halophila ovalis, Posidonia australis Ruppia megacarpa
and Zostera capricorni
Saltmarsh, seen here at
Black Neds Bay, is a threatened
vegetation community
Vegetation communities include
wetlands
photo by S. Passlow
Green turtleChelonia mydas
photo by P. Lindgren
The papery bark from the broad-leaved
paperbark, Melaleuca quinquenervia, was
used by the Awabakal People to
wrap food forcooking
photo by M. McDonald
Council project
Council staff work with community
volunteers to monitor ecosystem health
across the city at 55 sites
photo by G. Pritchard
2424kmtotal stream length in
Lake Macquarie
That’s roughly the distance between Lake Macquarie and Cairns!
WATERWAYS
Fun fact
the difference between a dragonfly and a damselfly is in how they hold their
wings when resting
photo by M. Smith
Community project
Junior Landcare groups work to
regenerate native vegetation along
waterways
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