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The Kerang Lakes are recognised as
internationally important wetlands under the Ramsar Convention.
The Kerang Ramsar site comprises of a series of 22 lakes and swamps on the lower reaches of the Avoca and Loddon Rivers and the Pyramid Creek. It is a very diverse system and the wetlands are large and differ widely in permanence, depth, salinity and vegetation type. The wetlands regularly support large numbers of water birds.
The Kerang Lakes area is unique and supports a diversity of wildlife across a relatively small area. Some of these wetlands are permanent and connected to the irrigation supply system. Others are part of the natural flood plain and fill intermittently, while some are shallow and experience a range of salinities. This diversity provides a range of habitats suitable for numerous birds, plants and animals.
The permanent wetlands, which are connected to the irrigation supply system, receive regulated flows from the Murray River. These wetlands also receive floodwater from local rivers and creeks. Many of the lakes are regularly stocked with Murray Cod and Yellow Belly; however, smaller fish like Smelt, Boney Bream and Gudgeon are also plentiful.
The Kerang Ramsar site comprises of a series of 22 lakes and swamps on the lower reaches of the Avoca and Loddon Rivers and the Pyramid Creek. It is a very diverse system and the wetlands are large and differ widely in permanence, depth, salinity and vegetation type. The wetlands regularly support large numbers of water birds.
The Kerang Lakes area is unique and supports a diversity of wildlife across a relatively small area. Some of these wetlands are permanent and connected to the irrigation supply system. Others are part of the natural flood plain and fill intermittently, while some are shallow and experience a range of salinities. This diversity provides a range of habitats suitable for numerous birds, plants and animals.
The permanent wetlands, which are connected to the irrigation supply system, receive regulated flows from the Murray River. These wetlands also receive floodwater from local rivers and creeks. Many of the lakes are regularly stocked with Murray Cod and Yellow Belly; however, smaller fish like Smelt, Boney Bream and Gudgeon are also plentiful.
Location
Kangaroo Lake is one of the
largest and deepest permanent freshwater lakes supplied by the Torrumbarry
Irrigation System. It lies on the western side of the Murray Valley
Highway between Swan Hill and Kerang.
History
Kangaroo
Lake is connected to the system via the No. 7 channel system through Third
Lake. The No. 7 channel continues northwards out of Kangaroo Lake and
outfalls into the Little River Murray at Fish Point, supplying the Mystic Park,
Tresco and Fish Point areas en-route.
Interesting Information
A former
Prime Minister of Australia was born at Kangaroo Lake. The Right
Honourable Sir John Grey Gorton was Prime Minister from 1968 to 1971. Gorton’s
Drive and Gorton’s Point were named after the Gorton Family.
Another
former Kangaroo Lake resident, Dr Stanley Argyle, went on the become Premier of
Victorian from 1932 – 35 and then knighted as Sir Stanley Argyle.
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