Editing Blue Lake National Park

{{about|the former protected area in Queensland|the current use of the land|Naree Budjong Djara National Park}}
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{{Infobox Australian place
 | type              = protected
 | name              = Blue Lake National Park
 | state             = qld 
 | city              = 
 | iucn_category     = ii
 | iucn_ref          = <ref name=CAPAD2008>{{cite web|title=Terrestrial Protected Areas of Queensland (refer 'DETAIL' tab )|url=https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/4fe91d68-b097-45ed-aa0b-450c5717438b/files/capad08qld.xls|work=CAPAD 2008|publisher=Australian Government, Department of the Environment and Energy|access-date=23 October 2019|date=2008|archive-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023070040/https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/4fe91d68-b097-45ed-aa0b-450c5717438b/files/capad08qld.xls|url-status=live}}</ref>
 | force_national_map = 
 | image             = Blue Lake.jpg
 | caption           = 
 | image_alt         = 
 | coordinates       = {{Coord|27.52377169|S|153.4787239|E|format=dms|type:landmark_region:AU|display=inline,title}}<ref name=CAPAD2008/>
 | relief            = 
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 | pushpin_label_position = left
 | map_alt           = 
 | nearest_town_or_city = 
 | area              = 5
 | area_footnotes    = <ref name=CAPAD2008/>
 | established       = 1962
 | established_footnotes = 
 | abolished         = incorporated into [[Naree Budjong Djara National Park]]<ref name=blnp/>
 | visitation_num    = 
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 | visitation_footnotes = 
 | managing_authorities = Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service
 | footnotes         = 
}}
{{Infobox historic site
 | name              = Blue Lake National Park
 | designation1      = RNE
 | designation1_offname = Register of the National Estate
 | designation1_date = 21 October 1980
 | designation1_number = 8650
}} 
'''Blue Lake National Park''' was a former [[protected area]] in [[Queensland]], Australia, located on [[North Stradbroke Island]] about {{convert|44|km|mi}} east of [[Brisbane]].  Blue Lake National Park is now a part of the [[Naree Budjong Djara National Park]].<ref name=blnp>{{Cite web|url=https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/blue-lake/|title=Blue Lake National Park|date=22 June 2012|website=Parks and Forests|publisher=[[Queensland Government]]|access-date=23 October 2019|archive-date=23 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023080938/https://parks.des.qld.gov.au/parks/blue-lake/|url-status=live}}</ref>  Access was provided by road {{convert|9|km|mi}} west of [[Dunwich, Queensland|Dunwich]].{{citation needed|date=October 2019}}

In 1980, the national park was described as follows:<ref name="NRE">{{cite AHD|8650|Blue Lake National Park, Tazi Rd, Dunwich, QLD, Australia – listing on the now-defunct Register of the National Estate|date=21 October 1980|access-date=23 October 2019}}</ref>
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[[Blue Lake (Queensland)|Blue Lake]] is a watertable lake in the coastal sandmass of North Stradbroke Island. The National Park is included in the large North Stradbroke Island – Central Section Interim Listing (for the Register of the National Estate). The statement for that listing places its values in a broader context.

Although only relatively small, Blue Lake contains a diversity of habitats & species, including: Blue Lake, a boomerang-shaped watertable window lake; Tortoise Lagoon, a perched lake receding to swamp that fluctuates between swamp and a lagoon depending on rainfall; and other swamps; examples of dry sclerophyll forest, scrub heath, marshes, herbfields, associated linear swamps with surrounding eucalypt open forest and mallee heath. Such a wide range of features represents a large diversity of habitats.

Five major vegetation types have been mapped in the Blue Lake National Park: mid-high to tall open forest/woodlands dominated by ''Eucalyptus signata'' (Scribbly Gum), ''E. intermedia'' (Pink Bloodwood) and ''E. planchoniana'' (Planchon's Stringybark); sedgelands (freshwater swamps) dominated by ''Gahnia'', ''Sieberana'', and ''Baumea'' Spp.; tall to very tall mallee shrublands comprising Pink Bloodwood, Planchon's Stringybark, ''Banksia aemula'' (Wallum Banksia) and Scribbly Gum; closed heath of mixed shrubs including ''Empodisma minus''; and tall to very tall open forest/woodland composed primarily of ''E. pilularis'' (Blackbutt).

The eastern tip of Blue Lake lies 1.75&nbsp;km from the ocean at which point a white-sandy bottomed, fast flowing creek with steep fern covered banks, carries the Blue Lake overflow down to Eighteen Mile Swamp. Two creeks that flow permanently, and a swamp, drain into the lake. The deepest parts of the lake reach around 11m in depth.

Two crustacean species, three fresh water fish, one frog species, 12 insect species and one spider were found in the littoral of Blue Lake. Most of the littoral and planktonic insects found in Blue Lake are common and widespread throughout Australia.
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The conservation park was classified in 2008 as being an [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]] [[IUCN protected area categories#Category II – National Park|Category II protected area]].<ref name="CAPAD2008"/> In 1980, it was listed on the now-defunct [[Register of the National Estate]].<ref name="NRE"/>

==See also==
{{Portal|Queensland}}
* [[Protected areas of Queensland]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Attribution=== 
*{{CC-notice|cc=by3au|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/ahdb/search.pl?mode=place_detail;place_id=8650|author=[[Commonwealth of Australia]]}}

==External links==
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{{National Parks of Queensland}}

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[[Category:National parks of Queensland]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in 1962]]
[[Category:1962 establishments in Australia]]
[[Category:North Stradbroke Island]]
[[Category:Queensland places listed on the defunct Register of the National Estate]]