myall lakes
Enjoy the uninhabited coastal woodlands and long deserted beaches of Myall Lakes from one of our new sea kayaks.
The beautiful and remote Myall Lakes National Park offers countless opportunities for adventures, nature based escapes and exploring.
The park boasts more than 40kms of beaches, forests, rugged escarpments, endless tracks and trails and spectacular Broughton Island.
Top spots within the park include Mungo Brush, the Dark Point sand dunes and the Barrington Tops to Myalls Heritage Trail.
The centrepiece of the park is the triple lakes system which is one of the state's largest coastal lake systems and is protected by the Ramsar Convention as being a Ramsar Wetland of International Significance.
Our outdoor education programs utilise the three Myall Lakes: Myall Lake, Boolambyte Lake and The Broadwater.
What is Ramsar?
Ramsar is the oldest of the modern global intergovernmental environmental agreements. The treaty was negotiated through the 1960s by countries and non-governmental organizations concerned about the increasing loss and degradation of wetland habitat for migratory waterbirds. It was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971 and came into force in 1975.
The Myall Lakes were listed under the Ramsar Convention link because they meet the following Ramsar nomination criteria:
The park boasts more than 40kms of beaches, forests, rugged escarpments, endless tracks and trails and spectacular Broughton Island.
Top spots within the park include Mungo Brush, the Dark Point sand dunes and the Barrington Tops to Myalls Heritage Trail.
The centrepiece of the park is the triple lakes system which is one of the state's largest coastal lake systems and is protected by the Ramsar Convention as being a Ramsar Wetland of International Significance.
Our outdoor education programs utilise the three Myall Lakes: Myall Lake, Boolambyte Lake and The Broadwater.
What is Ramsar?
Ramsar is the oldest of the modern global intergovernmental environmental agreements. The treaty was negotiated through the 1960s by countries and non-governmental organizations concerned about the increasing loss and degradation of wetland habitat for migratory waterbirds. It was adopted in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971 and came into force in 1975.
The Myall Lakes were listed under the Ramsar Convention link because they meet the following Ramsar nomination criteria:
- Criterion 1 - Representative or unique wetlands
- The Myall Lakes wetlands are a relatively unmodified large coastal brackish lake system and are in a near-natural condition. They are one of the two largest brackish-freshwater barrier estuaries in the South East Coast drainage division and are an excellent representative example of this wetland type within the bioregion. They contain a unique co-existence of deep and shallow-water macrophytes and the organic lake-floor mud known as gyttja.
- Criterion 2 - Threatened species or ecological communities
- The Myall Lakes Ramsar site supports five wetland-dependent threatened species listed under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) or on the IUCN Red Listexternal link, including the Australasian bittern (Botaurus poiciloptilus), Freycinet's frog (Litoria freycineti), green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea), green-thighed frog (Litoria brevipalmata) and stuttering frog (Mixophyes balbus). The site also supports Littoral rainforest and coastal vine thickets of eastern Australia, a threatened ecological community under the EPBC Act.
- Criterion 3 - Populations of plants and/or animals important for maintaining biodiversity of a particular bioregion
- Myall Lakes Ramsar site’s 44,612 hectares support a rich biodiversity, containing a range of undisturbed terrestrial vegetation communities and wetland types. The Ramsar site contains over 900 species of plants and more than 400 species of animals. The site regularly supports a substantial number of waterbirds, including 22 migratory species listed under international agreements.
