Lake Wooleen
Wooleen lake comprises of two lakes joined by a neck and is 5,500 hectares (13,500 acres) – approx 3kms x 27kms
Wooleen Lake At Dusk
It gets water in it 1 in 4 years, fills 1 in 10 and floods 1 in 30!
It is a fresh water lake, created by a fault line. The Roderick River flows into it the lake via a thicket and if it fill sover flows into the Murchison. In flood times the Murchison River can flow back into the lake.
It attracts thousands of birds when full for nesting and some birds turn up prior to the rain even falling. A full list of Wooleen birds can be found here.
The Lake is Ramsar Listed which means it is a protected wetland even through it appears dry most of the time. Ramsar acts to provide the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands and their resources.
When the lake receives water thousands of species emerge from the ground including frogs, turtles, fish, crustaceans and many more. While these species have water they all lay their eggs on the lake bed where they will lay dormant until the next rains arrive and hatch out. The lake becomes a wealth of life.
