Discovery Bay Coastal Park

Coordinates: 38°10′S 141°14′E / 38.167°S 141.233°E / -38.167; 141.233
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This article is about the coastal park. For the marine national park, see Discovery Bay Marine National Park.

Discovery Bay Coastal Park
Mount Gambier
Coordinates38°10′S 141°14′E / 38.167°S 141.233°E / -38.167; 141.233
Established1979
Area104.6 km2 (40.4 sq mi)
Managing authoritiesParks Victoria
WebsiteDiscovery Bay Coastal Park
Footnotes
Official nameGlenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ramsar Site
Designated28 February 2018
Reference no.2344[1]
See alsoProtected areas of Victoria

The Discovery Bay Coastal Park is a linear protected area of coastal land in western

Victoria, south-eastern Australia. The 10,460-hectare (25,800-acre) park extends along the coast of Discovery Bay from Cape Nelson north-westwards for 50 kilometres (31 mi) to the border with South Australia. The park was listed on Australia's now-defunct Register of the National Estate,[2] and lies within the traditional lands of the Gunditjmara
people.

Part of the route of the

Cape Bridgewater

History

After being recommended as a coastal reserve in 1973 by Victoria's Land Conservation Council, the park was first included in Schedule 3 of the Victorian National Parks Act in 1979, with an area of 84.5 square kilometres (32.6 sq mi). Additional parcels of land were acquired in 1981, 1987 and 1997.[2]

Land within the coastal park, the

Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ramsar Site on 28 February 2018.[4]

Environment

Landforms

Geologically the area is

Cape Bridgewater, dunefields, and by swamps and freshwater lakes further inland. The limestone contains mammalian fossil deposits of Pleistocene age.[2]

Flora and fauna

Some 320 native vascular plant species have been recorded in the park. An important wetland is Long Swamp, fed by a groundwater aquifer, where declining water levels have led to encroachment by bare twig-sedge (Baumea sp.) whose seeds are a favoured food of the

endangered damselfly, the ancient greenling.[5]

The park forms much of the Discovery Bay to Piccaninnie Ponds Important Bird Area, identified by

Australian fur seal colonies on rock platforms at Capes Nelson and Bridgewater.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ramsar Site". Ramsar Sites Information Service. Retrieved 25 April 2018.
  2. ^
    ISBN 0-7311-8335-5. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 6 April 2011.
  3. ^ Chapman, John (9 October 2011). "Great South West Walk". Victorian bushwalking. Laburnum: John Chapman. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Glenelg Estuary and Discovery Bay Ramsar Site" (PDF). Ramsar Convention Secretriat. 28 February 2018. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  5. ^ Richter, Reiner (18 June 2010). "Discovery of New Populations of Hemiphlebia mirabilis (Ancient Greenling)" (PDF) (PDF). Reiner Richter. Retrieved 24 March 2011.
  6. ^ "IBA: Discovery Bay to Piccaninnie Ponds". Birdata. Birds Australia. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

External links

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