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Cooktown, Cook Shire, Queensland, Australia
Keatings Lagoon, Cooktown, Queensland, Australia
Keatings Lagoon, known as Mulbabidgee to the Waymbuurr people—the Traditional Owners of this park—has been used for thousands of years for the collection of a variety of animals and plants for food, medicines and raw materials. In more recent times, this place became known as Keatings Lagoon, after a family who built and lived in the area.
Waterlilies, sedges and algae grow in and around the lagoon which is fringed with paperbarks and shrubby wrinkle pod mangroves. Tropical woodland and small thickets of vine forest surround the wetland.
The wetland is a refuge for thousands of waterbirds, especially in the dry season (May to October) when they congregate to feast on the rich aquatic life. Birds include the magpie goose, the black-necked stork, the strikingly-marked Radjah shelduck and the comb-crested jacana—slender agile bird with large feet that is able to walk across the surface of water lilies. Aquatic wildlife in the lagoon includes rainbow fish, snakehead gudgeon cod and freshwater shrimp. The wetland is also an important nursery area for juvenile barramundi which instinctively swim upstream into the lagoon during flood periods. To help protect these fish, fishing is not permitted within the park.
Keatings Lagoon, Cooktown. 2019
A variety of wildlife at the lagoon, the spider wasp was amazing to watch.
Wildlife around Cooktown
Some photos of local wildlife that we've taken over the years.
Cooktown and Cape Tribulation
Day 3 of the rainforest roadtrip - enjoy!
Milkwood Lodge - Cooktown Hotels, Australia
Milkwood Lodge 3 Stars Hotel in Cooktown ,Australia Within US Travel Directory Milkwood Lodge features secluded cottages with a veranda offering mountain views.
Guests can relax in the outdoor saltwater pool complete with waterfall.
A free airport shuttle service is available.
Free on-site parking is provided.
The lodge is just a 5-minute drive from both Cooktown and Keatings Lagoon.
Mount Cook National Park is 3 km away.
The Milkwood Lodge Cooktown offers air-conditioned, split-level cottages with a fully equipped kitchenette including an oven, stove and fridge.
Each cottage has indoor and outdoor dining areas.
Free Wi-Fi is available in public areas.
Guests can enjoy BBQ facilities and arrange activities through the tour desk.
Laundry services are available.
Milkwood LodgeCooktown Hotels, Australia
Location in : Annan Road,au 4895, Cooktown, Australia
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Rainbow Bee-eater
Rainbow Bee-eater (Merops ornatus) filmed at Keatings' Lagoon, Cooktown, September 2013.
Stupidly cute birds.
BIRDS AHD MARINE LIFE IN BALLONA LAGOON
Ballona Lagoon is in Marina del Rey, California, near my home in Venice. I have been making videos of the wild life, mostly birds, in the lagoon for at least thirty years. I have put the videos together, with a little narration, into this production. Most of the scenes were made twenty or thirty years ago with video equipment that was not up to the standards we have today.
Ballona Lagoon is part of the Pacific Flyway. Migratory birds from the Pacific Northwest and Canada pass threw here every Fall on their way to their Winter homes in Central and South America
But, I hope you will enjoy it.