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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 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 ...
Anderson Street; Archer Point; Baddow Island; Baffle Creek; Bakers Creek; Baldwin Swamp; Bare Hill; Barubbra Island; Baywulla Creek; Beachmere; Beelbi Creek; Bell Creek
Located in the suburb is the Coombabah Lake Conservation Park, bordered by Coombabah Creek and adjacent to the Ivan Gibbs Wetlands Reserve in Coombabah. The Biggera Creek Dam is located in Arundel, for the purpose of flood mitigation.
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. [2] [3] [4]
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 ...
Thyme Court Reserve, green space beside Oxley Drive There are two boat ramps in Runaway Bay, both managed by the Gold Coast City Council : [ 32 ] on the north bank of Biggera Creek on Ray Street ( 27°55′33″S 153°24′14″E / 27.9257°S 153.4038°E / -27.9257; 153.4038 ( Ray Street boat
Helensvale is bounded by the Pacific Motorway to the west, by the Coomera River to the north, by Saltwater Creek to the north-east, by Coombabah Creek and Coombabah Lake to the south-east. [3] Saltwater Creek flows through the suburb from west to the north from where it forms the north-east boundary of the suburb. [3]