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Situated near the suburb of Coombabah, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the coast and 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) northwest of Southport, the lake borders the Ivan Gibbs Wetland Reserve, is classified as a Fish Habitat Area within the Moreton Bay Marine Park and serves as an important wildlife corridor between the Nerang State Forest and the coast.
The suburb takes its name from Coombabah Lake and Coombabah Creek, which in turn are named using Bundjalung language, Ngaraangbal dialect words meaning place of the wood grubs, from the word goombo meaning teredo worm, which was a deliberately cultivated food source by the Indigenous people.
Intertidal zone at Kings Beach, 2018. There are four zones in Moreton Bay Marine Park. [4] These are the Marine national park zone (green) which contain areas of high conservation value, Conservation park zone (yellow) allowing limited fishing and crabbing, Habitat protection (dark blue) zone for sensitive habitats with no trawling allowed and General use zone (light blue) allow activities ...
St Francis Xavier School is a Catholic primary (Prep-6) school for boys and girls at 160 Bayview Street (17] [18] In 2018, the school had an enrolment of 627 students with 36 teachers (31 full-time equivalent) and 34 non-teaching staff (24 full-time equivalent).
The land of the Nerang National Park is around 100 m above sea level and located 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) from the Pacific Ocean. The Nerang National Park is mostly small-large hills. Both the Coombabah and Saltwater creeks run through the Nerang National Park. The soil in the park is mostly clay and limestone though near rivers and in fertile ...
Suburbs in the City of Gold Coast Location City of Gold Coast Number 81 suburbs Populations 0 (Southern Moreton Bay Islands) – 31,908 (Southport) Areas 0.6 square kilometres (0.23 sq mi) (Steiglitz) – 100.6 square kilometres (38.8 sq mi) (Numinbah Valley) Subdivisions Neighbourhoods There are eighty-one suburbs in the City of Gold Coast, a local government area in Queensland, Australia ...
Cobham Lake, when full, covers an area of around 580 hectares (1,400 acres) and is located in New South Wales, Australia. [1] Cobham Lake is south of Milparinka between Green Lake and Salt Lake, the water is fresh and pure, reeds grow lushly and birds are in abundance. The lake is beside the Silver City Highway.
A number of major roads connect the Gold Coast with Brisbane, New South Wales, and the surrounding areas. The Pacific Motorway (M1) is the main motorway in the area. Beginning at the Logan Motorway (M6) in Brisbane, it travels through the inland Gold Coast region and links with the Pacific Highway at the New South Wales/Queensland border near ...