Explore the wonderful sights at North Stradbroke Island. At Whale Watch Ocean Beach Resort, we encourage holiday makers to take a delightful trip to Blue Lake National Park.
Located at the North Straddie, Blue Lake National Park is the largest of Moreton Bay islands and considered one of the planet’s most ecologically vital wetlands. The National Park preserves and protects coastal wallum as well as a freshwater lake. Culturally significant for the Quandamooka people, Blue Lake also known as Kaboora is a window lake is one of the attractions in the Park that was believed to have formed within a hollow in the island's water table. Blue Lake's sparkling clear waters are inhabited by an abundant number of soft-spined southern sunfish.
Nestled above a water table, guests at Whale Watch Resort can also explore the small seasonal swamp known as Tortoise Lagoon. The Lagoon is a perched lake surrounded by eucalyptus, paperbarks, reeds and banksias. While Blue Lake waters are filled with sunfish, the the Tortoise Lagoon is reed-filled and is sometimes dry.
The Blue Lake National Park is provides visitors plenty of bush trails that you can trek through. Hikers can explore the wallum on two tracks, Neembeeba Lookout and Karboora track. When trekking through the Park make sure to bring your cameras and binoculars. You might get a glimpse of different variety of birds, sand goannas, swamp wallabies as well as beautiful wildflowers. The Park also has several lookout points where you’ll get breathtaking sights of the Pacific Ocean, the Gold Coast and the southern part of North Stradbroke Island. Guests from our accommodation North Stradbroke can also enjoy a lovely bush picnic near the lake.
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