Lake Bindegolly National Park

Lake Bindegolly is a National Park in Queensland (Australia), 871 km west of Brisbane and 40 km from the town of Thargomindah. It is in the Mulga Lands bioregion and was established to protect a population of the rare plant "Acacia ammophila". [Morton, S.R.; Short, J.; & Barker, R.D. Refugia for Biological Diversity in Arid and Semi-arid Australia. "Biodiversity Series, Paper No.4". Australian Government Dept of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/publications/series/paper4/bio134.html] ]

It has three lakes, two saline and one freshwater and is a breeding centre for waterbirds.

Fact sheet

*"Area:" 140 km²
*"Coordinates": coord|28|00|48|S|144|11|37|E|type:landmark_region:AU
*"Date of establishment:" 1991
*"Managing authorities:" Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
*"IUCN category:" II

References

ee also

* Protected areas of Queensland (Australia)

External links

* [http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/park/index.cgi?parkid=101 Lake Bindegolly National Park]