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