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Boondall
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Boondall Wetlands Reserve
Boondall,
Brisbane Area
Free Entry
Description
Boondall Wetlands lies on the edge of Moreton Bay between Nudgee Beach, Boondall and Shorncliffe and includes more than 1,000 hectares of tidal flats, mangroves, saltmarshes, melaleuca wetlands, grasslands, open forests and woodlands.
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The Indigenous Australians have lived at Boondall Wetlands for a long time and continue to have links with this land. The Nurri Millen art totems in the wetlands celebrate this culture.
Boondall Wetlands has a diversity of wildlife. Mammals that live there include flying foxes, bats, possums and squirrel gliders. There are also a variety of frogs, reptiles and butterflies to be found within the reserve. An amazing variety of birdlife can also be found throughout the diverse vegetation types including mistletoe birds, tawny frogmouths, eastern curlews, kingfishers, rainbow bee-eaters, grass owls and wrens. At low tide, shorebirds feed on the mudflats. Cormorants, darters, egrets, ibis and herons can be seen year round.
The Boondall Wetlands Environment Centre offers a range of displays and activities on the environmental and cultural heritage of the reserve for park visitors and organised groups.
A track map brochure for Boondall Wetlands Reserve can be obtained from the Brisbane City Council Contact Centre.
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Facilities
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Car park -
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Disabled toilet -
Visitor Information Centre
Activities
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Cycling
Open Times
Other Information
Children:
Children are welcome.
Disabled:
Disabled access is available.
General Comments
The Boondall Wetlands Environment Centre offers a range of displays and activities on the environmental and cultural heritage of the reserve for park visitors and organised groups.
Approximately half hour drive north of Brisbane.
At the Boondall Wetlands Environment Centre you can:
- participate in some of the events and activities offered by Council's Environment Centres.
- join a curriculum-based environmental learning program for school students.
- learn about Indigenous culture
-stroll through the different wetland habitats and have a picnic.
- take a canoe trip with your own canoe/kayak, go on a free guided walk with a volunteer guide or a bike ride through the wetlands.
- loan a self-guided walking track booklet from the centre.
Free Entry
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