Lake Eildon National Park

Lake Eildon National Park
Lake Eildon
Coordinates: 37 ° 7 ′ 46 ″  S , 145 ° 52 ′ 8 ″  O
Location:	Victoria , Australia
Specialty:	Eucalyptus forest, alluvial forest
Next city:	Eildon
Surface:	277.5 km²
Founding:	1957

The Lake Eildon National Park is a national park in the center of the Australian state of Victoria , 111 km north-east of Melbourne . The 277.5 km² park is located on the south bank of Lake Eildon .,

history

In the 1950s, the Victoria State Government bought farmland along the Goulburn River and Delatite River to create a reservoir to irrigate the lower Goulburn Valley. An area of ​​26.7 km² that was not flooded by the reservoir was declared Fraser National Park in 1957 . Another state forest area of ​​240 km² on the shores of the lake was made Eildon State Park in 1980 to protect the water catchment area of ​​Lake Eildon. In 1997, both areas were combined to form Lake Eildon National Park .

Cultural aspects

Hundreds of Taungaurung , an Aboriginal tribe , lived in the Goulburn River valley . Cultural sites that belonged to them disappeared in the reservoir.

The park has a number of tunnels dating from the Victorian gold rush of the 1860s. There are also remains from the previous sheep farming era.

geology

The park is mountainous, its peaks reach up to 900 m. There is also the edge of the Cerberean Caldera , a huge, round crater of an ancient volcano that was active 380 million years ago. The caldera can be seen as granite peaks in some places .

Flora and fauna

The vegetation in the park is generally rather dry. It consists of eucalyptus forest with patches of riparian forest and some areas with mountain forest. The main occurring there Eucalyptus species are Stringybark , Peppermint , Red Box and Candlebark . Mountain ash and blue gum can also be found in the higher forests .

The park is home to 34 native mammal species, 89 native bird species, 17 reptile species, 10 amphibian species, and three freshwater fish species. The brushtail bucket and the spotted tree frog are threatened with extinction . The eastern gray giant kangaroo is common at the park's campsites .

Visitors

Most visitors enjoy water sports on Lake Eildon, such as: B. Motor boating or water skiing. Deer hunting is permitted in some parts of the park during the hunting season.

Web links

Commons : Lake Eildon  - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files

• Lake Eildon National Park . Parks Victoria

Individual evidence

1. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing Pty. Ltd. Archerfield QLD (2007). ISBN 978174193232-4 . P. 48