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Located between Adelaide and Melbourne,
and just 21 km south of Naracoorte, is the amazing Bool Lagoon
Game Reserve, one of the largest and most diverse freshwater
systems in Southern Australia. The reserve is home to a wide
range of wetland wildlife and provides essential drought
refuge for many rare and endangered bird species. It offers
ideal close observation of the many wildlife with it
specially developed boardwalks and bird hides.
Bool
Lagoon comprises three interlinked basins, with the water in
the wetlands artificially manipulated, being used as an
equalisation basin for flood mitigation, acting as a sump
for the catchment. The wetland dry out about once every two
years. In the past the lagoon was filled from the overflow
of water from Mosquito Creek into Hacks Lagoon, but most of
the creek flows bypass the lagoon, although Hacks Lagoon is
the deepest and usually contains water all year round. Bool
Lagoon also receives water as part of a regional drainage
scheme.
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As
you continue the walk pass the Lookout, you will pass tall
reeds (Phragmites australis) growing in dense stands
along the waters’ edge. The superb blue wren and the
Golden-headed cisticola make their nests in these reeds, as
well as to hide from danger.
