page_title: Coombabah, Queensland
section_title: Coombabah Conservation Area
hierarchical_section_title: Coombabah, Queensland / Coombabah Conservation Area
caption_attribution_description: English: A koala, high up in the tree in Coombabah Lake Conservation Park.
context_page_description: Coombabah is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2016 census, Coombabah had a population of 10,388 people.
context_section_description: Sometimes called Coombabah lake, the Coombabah Lakelands It is one of only five sites in Queensland included in the RAMSAR international convention for significant wetlands. The conservation area is surrounded by homes, roads and businesses. The land was bought by Council in the 1980s as a buffer zone for a sewerage plant.  In 1994 that Council declared the Coombabah Lakeland Conservation Area.  The integrity of the conservation and animal habitat is overseen by several Authorities.  There are ten kilometres worth of dirt tracks, gravel and boardwalks for access by the public. For marine habitat the area is a protected fish habitat under the Queensland Fisheries Act and a protected marine conservation and habitat zone under the Moreton Bay Marine Park Zoning plan.  Guided bush walks day and night are run by the Council's Natural Areas Management Unit. Three is a carpark on Rain Tree Glen for access to tracks.
caption: Koala in Coombabah Lake Conservation Park, 2018
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