Lake Lenthall

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Lake Lenthall is a lake created by the Lenthalls Dam in Duckinwilla, Fraser Coast Region, Queensland, Australia. As a result of a Script error: No such module "convert". catchment, it takes a short time in moderate rain events to fill Lake Lenthall to 100% capacity.[1]

History

The dam and lake were named after the pioneering family in the district.[2][3] The dam was constructed in 1984 on the head waters of the Burrum River and raised by Script error: No such module "convert". in 2007. In January 2013 due to heavy rain from ex Tropical Cyclone Oswald, the lake reached its highest recorded level of Script error: No such module "convert". which was Script error: No such module "convert". over the spillway. [1]

The lake has a relatively small surface area of Script error: No such module "convert"., an average depth of Script error: No such module "convert".. Its main purpose is to supply for town water for Hervey Bay and surrounding townships within the Fraser Coast Region. [1]

Fish stock

It is stocked with Australian native fish such as barramundi, bass, golden perch and silver perch under the Queensland Governments stocked impoundment permit scheme. Other aquatic species which inhabit the lake include spangled grunter, saratoga, Krefft's turtle, Flinders Ranges mogurnda, rainbow fish, fire tail gudgeon, long finned eel and many more. The lake is home to a myriad of reptiles, insects, bird life and mammals.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Angling

A Stocked Impoundment Permit is required to fish in the dam.[4]

Other fauna

A significant black-breasted buttonquails reside within the dry vine rain forests on the ridges overlooking Lake Lenthall.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

See also

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References

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